Gothamist

Poetry Challenge: Lessons Learned & A Month Of Your Poems From Isolation

As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we’re closing up our poetry inbox. All month, we’ve invited people to send us their own original poems, responding to a prompt each week. We’ve heard from ...
Post-Bulletin

Poem: "Lessons Learned"

Briana McCarthy is a local Franciscan, retired educator and pastoral counselor, who enjoys composing narrative poems on various subjects. Briana has a background in theater arts, elementary and ...
The New York Times

Poem: Lessons on Lessening

Jane Wong’s poem grapples with the making of a self that’s dependent on childhood, history, comparison and societal expectations. Growing up can be overwhelming as we figure out where we came from, ...
Post-Bulletin

Poem: What I learned

This poem by Susan McMillan is one of many written in honor of Quarry Hill's 50th anniversary. The poems, written by members of Southeastern Minnesota Poets, are inspired by reflections of park ...