What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

For Anna Mekunts, poetry is less a craft than a state of being. She writes as she feels — without prescribed forms or rules — ...

There are few forms of communication that are as powerful as a handwritten letter. So we recently asked listeners to send us poems in letter — or epistolary — form, addressed to anyone of their ...

In form and message, a poet shows both adults and kids that the world can be looked at another way. As millions of people flee bombing in Ukraine, most media and political comment has been rightly ...

The author, Laura Kelly Fanucci, a Minnesota resident, writes a syndicated column, “Faith at Home,” published in Catholic newspapers nationwide and has written six books. She didn't mention ...

Ada Limón's "A Poem for Europa" will ride to the icy Jupiter moon on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Dear Lee: Last year, my daughter wrote a soldier named Dan in Iraq who happened to know our neighbors. I wrote you about this situation, questioning what God had in mind. Meanwhile, Dan's wonderful ...

Madonna‘s songs are great, but they usually aren’t considered poetic. Despite this, Madonna’s “Justify My Love” was based on a poem that the Material Girl did not write. The poem’s author revealed ...

The poem in this Hint I have offered before for the same reason, a gift for Christmas. But I believe it is definitely worth repeating. Christmas is a time that symbolizes hope. It is a religious ...

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy wants to get more children reading poems and believes a generation reared on Twitter, text messages and Facebook updates is actually more in tune with poetry than many ...