This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Jane Yolen, who divides her time between Hatfield, Massachusetts; Mystic, Connecticut; and Scotland. Jane began writing in 2nd grade and published her ...

My mother phones to tell me it's time for planting; my father has built a bed - nothing fancy, mind you, wooden planks painted yellow. That's nice, I reply, dipping my brights as I slow for a curve.