What can a single poem inspire? What can one verse induce? One poem can offer an outlet for healing. A distinct lyric can allow connection to occur. One poem can lead to the most unlikely friendship.

A SELECTED poems is always a problematic volume to review. Firstly, I had read all these poems before. Secondly, I had admired the way in which each collection by Robertson had its own integrity and ...

What more could one want for the holiday season than a Christmas ballad with roots in the 15th century? The lyrics of “Down in Yon Forest” exist in dozens of versions, a complicated and probably ...

PROVINCETOWN — A nature walk at Beech Forest and a poem by Mary Oliver unveiled on a picnic table started a national project Friday at the Cape Cod National Seashore with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón ...

“For William Stanley, writing poetry was like visiting a wild place—a surprising place always just exactly itself, language growing wherever it pleased.” This simplified biographical work describes ...

Mallory Nezam and Henry Goldkamp work on their Poetree project in November at Sasha's Wine Bar in the Shaw neighborhood. Photo by Carly Hilo It might be too cold here to harvest fruit, but poetry is ...

FOREST CITY | An image of two statues posed in a kiss inspired Sevanah Thomas to write a poem about two lovers sharing a last kiss. "I don't know how to write poetry," the Forest City High School ...