Charles Gadbois shares a collection of spiritually inspired poems reflecting on faith, human experience, and the ...

A local preacher's bouts with anxiety in recent years set him on the search for an outlet that would allow the tortured soul to communicate his thoughts, life lessons and apprehensions without ...

Yeghishe Charents’ 129th anniversary falls on March 13. His poetry, prose, opinions and persona have accompanied us for more ...

We'll admit it: poetry isn't always accessible. Poetry collections can be dense and difficult to interpret, and — though usually short in length — they can still contain volumes. However, there's a ...

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometime too hot the eye of ...

Janet McCormick Harrington is not a professional poet. She has written down verses over the years and simply tucked them away. One day, her daughter gathered them and published them. The poems tell a ...

With so much to be savored in the literary genre right now –and perhaps you're recovering from Pride festivities– look inward with some inspiring poetry by LGBTQ writers. Like Atwood, Marge Piercy ...

Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

Lue Morgan (pictured on the far right) a senior at Woodland Public Schools' alternative TEAM High School, recently organized a poetry slam as a way for them and their classmates to have an opportunity ...

Many, perhaps most, of us have spent this past year struggling to find ways to mourn the losses, weather the stresses and revive the pleasures stolen by the Covid-19 pandemic. We’ve monitored Zoom ...

Despite what you’ve learned, sticks and stones must try hard to compete with words when it comes to the power to harm — or to heal. As a psychiatrist and researcher who has worked to alleviate ...

“This crisis affects more or less everyone, and poetry can help us process difficult feelings like loss, sadness, anger, lack of hope.” By Jane E. Brody Many, perhaps most, of us have spent this past ...