Reared in Delaware by a World War II Marine vet prone to domestic violence and a mother lost to amphetamine addiction, Crumb ...

Poetry written especially for children is perfect for those developing brains: because poems for children tend to be short, ...

Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Hudson Valley with these workshops, talks, readings, open mics and a hotline.

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a poem could do…,” how poetry changes our brains, and what you might get out ...

What’s the most interesting thing you ... by telling the story of his remarkable life. In a campus appearance, you asked a student when he last had a poem read out loud to him.

Over the course of three stanzas, our attention shifts between the tigers and glimpses of the life and death ... of the poem — what we might call, to quote another famous poem about a tiger ...

In her new book, "I Am Maria," the child of the Kennedy family, broadcast journalist, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and – ...

Spring break has officially dawned for most high school students throughout the Yakima Valley, barely more than two weeks after the spring season itself officially broke on the calendar.

“Poetry is the art of compression, of saying in a few well-chosen words, enhanced with rhythm and musicality of language what ...

First there is the interesting vocabulary ... Her collection, one poem for each of her eighty years, is "The Myopic’s View" (Ginninderra Press). Her book on young children and books is "Stories ...

Famous Poems About the Death of a Mother Robert Louis ... So I'll be sure to lead a worthwhile life In honor of my brilliant mother.