Following a weekend of fear and violence in Charlottesville — where white supremacists and hate groups descended on the city and a car plowed through a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one and ...

It's been called the small pond in the great literary ocean. And with April being National Poetry Month, as established by the Academy of American Poets, may we ponder anew, or renew, the pond of ...

Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been reciting poetry for fun and competition for the past 20 years as part of a ...

In January 2021, then 22-year-old Amanda Gorman read her powerful poem “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Gorman’s eloquent message at a time of division and unease earned ...

Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers.

For the first time in history, my poetry contest has become mired in controversy. “I just don’t understand the winning entry,” Moe, one of my Poetry Policemen, said. “And I want an explanation.” OK, I ...

In our parish, I am often asked why so many newcomers are willing to work for low wages and live in substandard housing and confront the cold of a New England winter. This poem by Reba McIntire may ...

I have sat in the bishop’s carved chair, and the leather of my huaraches cutting into the hide of my foot. to express happiness and expel scorpions is the best job on earth. C.D. Wright has published ...

A: Absolute and ultimate Godhead is Shakti with potential to create, thrive and liberate/ B: Believes in purification of the mind and body through divine love and compassion/ C: Creator of cosmos who ...