It is a joy to linger in bed for a few minutes on a spring morning and tell which birds are singing so jubilantly outside the bedroom window.

When we interrupt the cycle of doom and share moments of collective joy in nature with strangers, we can start to believe ...

Some love to be independent, while others crave any attention they can get. We see that reality play out in a cute video ...

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

At a time when fighter jets and missiles are bringing death and unimaginable human misery in so many countries, two renowned ...

Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a "lawnmower poetry ...

Cautious Clay, the multi-instrumentalist whose dreamy R&B and indie-pop sound has earned him the attention of everyone from Arooj Aftab and John Mayer to Taylor Swift, embraces the passing of time on ...

Don't really interact anymore the third year. But there is always one, That is special to me, who made a difference in my life. I look up to you, respect you and I truly trust in you. Soul mates ...

The three stanzas track the arrival of morning. We see the first light: It’s a modern poem with ancient roots, going back at least to the troubadours of the Middle Ages. The aubade flourishes ...

Plus: Reuters reports that the CDC told the National Academy of Sciences to cancel a workshop on how to prevent human bird flu infections ... (Van Beusekom, 4/29) This is part of the Morning Briefing, ...