What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime?

William Logan on new volumes and editions by Medbh McGuckian, Paul Muldoon, Brad Leithauser, Dorothy Parker & Claudia Emerson ...

In selecting her work, Dechane writes: “So many poems never get beyond our sense of sight, but in ‘The Collective ... of what is beyond anyone’s words. And best of all, I think, is ...

So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems, which attempt to express the wonder and complexities of romantic love. If you make a ...

The words in the poem remind us of the deep love and respect ... With colours of saffron, white, and green, What a beautiful sight, it can be seen.

What can language do when the sight of mutilated bodies ... it most,” he asserts in one poem, is the one who “gets to erase it best.” A surfeit of words can work as an analgesic—even ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most ...

You've heard of the beloved "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem—maybe some reinterpretations and parodies of it too. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?

Poetry wouldn’t exist without words and concepts, to be sure ... we have experienced the terrors of death and meaninglessness Milton conjures before our sight. Consolatory imagery floods the frame: ...

Poet and activist Amanda Gorman returned to the national political stage on Aug. 21, performing her spoken-word poem "This Sacred Scene" at the Democratic National Convention. Gorman told Vanity ...

There’s a mysticism and poetry to Catholicism, in the discipline that my mother ... You can lose your hand and still be you. Lose your sight or lose your memory, and you’re still you. So what are you?