I write a poem a day (sometimes more) for three reasons. First for finger exercises that wake up both fingers and brain. Second, I use it observationally, and by that, I mean to sharpen my ...

Grounding exercises —such as naming streets in your old neighborhood, or reciting vital information about yourself — can help, so I have picked out nine poems for anxiety to help you ground ...

Dove, a former U.S. poet laureate and the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, read her new poem, “Daffodil,” for the Class of 2021.