Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

These factors combined to create the feel-bad moment of the NCAA tournament: Willard getting booed while Maryland fans sent their team off to its game against Florida Thursday evening. What a mess.

Good morning. Showers this morning, then clearing and a high around 67. More wind gusts are possible. The low temperature overnight will be around 45. The cherry trees at the Tidal Basin are in the ...