Swanson started writing poetry when she was in her early 20s and wrote a book of poems, “Spirit Within,” which she ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Should we socialize more? Or find the right personal balance between solitude and socializing? Is solitude the problem or the stressors that drive some people to spend time alone?

Adam Plunkett’s Love and Need offers something of a recuperation of Robert Frost by reminding us that the poet's fierceness ...

After receiving a generous donation of 45 acres of land in Chepachet, Sheida Soleimani of Congress of the Birds is ...

Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

If you’re a traveler but haven’t been to this place, I can assure you, you’re missing out on a lot of fun and adventure.

You may or may not share Dante’s religious convictions, but perhaps you can relate to the notion that romantic love at its ...

Gabriela Mistral was a woman who forged herself amidst nature, facing the sea and surrounded by books—a frustrated mother and ...

Her offspring will face “a life of being swept about on the whipping stem of a teasel”, yet she is resilient, evolved to weather the storms. Reading this poem recalls the work of Padel’s ...

A second straight Wilco album winds down with the radio on Tweedy’s mind: The best songs will never get sung The best life never leaves your lungs So good you won’t ever know You’ll never ...

Watch the celebrated actress recite Maria Woodford’s ‘elegy for a nissan micra’ which came out on top in this year’s time-themed contest ...