The full poem is worth a read, but this short open is a wonderful reminder that our little quirks make us who we are, and ...

It’s one of those classic short poems about life that can change the way you think. RD.com, Getty Images. 6. “Poem” by Langston Hughes. The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people.

The Poems That Help With Sudden Change. By Julie Beck. Brian Snyder / Reuters. November 11, 2016. ... Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor.

This enigmatic short poem, just 34 words across two stanzas, appeared in the visionary Romantic poet’s Songs of Experience in 1794 and could stand as a metaphor for many things but is most ...

Pupils’ drawings, poems and short stories about climate change will be made into a book. The SIC’s first climate change ...

Short poems take center stage in former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins' new collection, Musical Tables. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the poet about his work and finding beauty in a couple of lines.

This short poem grapples with so many themes at once — seeing, being seen, desire, racism, selfhood and memory. The poem starts in a matter-of-fact fashion with a declarative, “I don’t like ...

LITTLE POEMS (Everyman’s Library, $18), a new anthology edited by Michael Hennessy, provides a history of short poems since antiquity, from Sappho to Ocean Vuong, a lovely pocket-size volume ...