And if you ask me how, I do not know. I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness ...

every stamp I’ve licked and locked on my skin. For every darling I’ve mailed myself to. Rubbing shoulders with birthday cards, tax notices, divorce papers, bank statements. Rumbling down Interstate 75 ...

Due to these heart-wrenching times, here are two Scriptures. Psalm 5:4-5 says, "For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. The arrogant cannot ...

In the midst of war and a tumultuous geopolitical climate, the Anacortes-based Sunflower F.U.N.D. will return to Ukraine with letters, poems and artwork from students at Island View Elementary School.

Kids haven't experienced true holiday magic until the first time they hear A Visit from St. Nicholas. That long-form poem makes it so easy to fall in love with kids' Christmas poetry. Give them even ...

Poems can promote understanding by taking us behind enemy lines. Threatening to boycott anyone's art or literature will only ...

The campaign unfolds as an exchange of heartfelt letters between women – from different walks of life and with unique stories ...

A prolific novelist, poet, painter and soothsayer, he was inspired by the chaos of his country and published the first novel ...

(March 6, 2025) de Crèvecoeur, in his 1782 “Letters from an American Farmer,” famously noted how the maritime economy of ...

Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Here’s a poem about patience ... near rhymes may be an omen of trouble to come. But there are letter-perfect rhymes tucked inside, as if to provide extra structural ...

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem. She really really likes stars. But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is ...