Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

So bring some literary festivity to your handwritten Christmas cards, or add another fun activity ... We’ve got you covered with both short poems and excerpts, as well as underappreciated ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...

“every day is a funeral & a ... Beside these are cards defining and investigating Latin words; Carson, a classicist, is at the same time attempting to translate a poem by the Roman poet Catullus ...

For many readers, “The Land Between the Rivers” will be an introduction to Todd Nelson and his lovingly crafted observational prose. For others, Nelson may provide a springboard to poems from their ...

Leonard Peikoff dedicated his life to promoting the author’s vision of freedom and self-determination. But at what cost?

DEAR STILL IN GRIEF: I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter. You’ve been through something awful and there’s no timetable for how you navigate this period after. And that includes thank-you notes.

For many years, John H. “Jack” Ryan kept heart failure at bay but on Friday, April 4, after weeks in hospice care at his home, heart failure won the battle – just a couple of months short of his 85th ...

Joy Harjo, the first Native American Poet Laureate in the U.S., is releasing two illustrative books this month, centered ...

Andie MacDowell has had a spectacular career that's still going strong, as reflected in her best movies and TV shows.

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