Father’s Day is a special time to honor the men who have shaped our lives with their love, guidance, and wisdom. Wheth ...

I had a column titled Poems by Heart. The column drew responses from many readers, which I will publish in due course. (Thank ...

Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write an "If I Had (blank)" ...

The fever dream of falling into a love affair — in the case of Swift’s song, her relationship with the British actor Joe ...

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring — not even a mouse.” We’ve all heard ...

Mumbai: "I cannot save Bombay/You cannot save it/They don't even/want to save it." Had he been alive on his 100th birthday on ...

SIMON: For more than 40 years, people have been reading and performing Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" to celebrate the winter solstice. COOPER: (Reading) And when the New Year's sunshine ...

They hung their homes with evergreen. They burned beseeching fires all night long to keep the year alive. SIMON: For more than 40 years, people have been reading and performing Susan Cooper's poem ...