If you want to squeeze some time for contemplation into your R&R, I've got 15 poems you should read on your summer vacation to appreciate travel and the exquisite joy of coming home again. So be sure ...

As the gift-giving season begins to wind down, and we begin our collective turn toward the possibilities the new year will bring, some of us are looking for a complete change from the last 12 month.

You know you must be on to something when your writing gets tweeted by J.K. Rowling herself. SEE ALSO: 11 times J.K. Rowling tweeted awesome writing advice On Friday morning, teacher Kate Clanchy from ...

The love of poetry in America is dying, if not dead already. In 2009, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released a study excitedly announcing that American readership was up from previous ...

Thirty poems by local residents have formed an interactive poetry trail across two towns. The OmniVerse Poetry Trail has been launched across Weymouth and Portland in Dorset as part of the Towns of ...

While thoughtful gifts are always a plus, nothing beats the power of words, especially when it comes to a sweet Mother’s Day poem. Sometimes, all she needs to hear is that she is loved, valued, and ...

Each week at #ThisIsWhere we try to avoid having a theme. But they just keep happening anyway. It's oddly organic. With no larger agenda in mind, you pick out what you think are the ten best poems ...

John Taggart was born in Perry, Iowa, on October 5, 1942. He is the author of 14 volumes of poetry. From 1969 to 2001, he taught in the English Department and directed the Interdisciplinary Arts ...

Poetry is a form of literature that will, without doubt, outlive us all. Simplistic yet beautiful, poetry is a fun and creative way to express how we’re feeling or how we wish we felt. Sometimes, ...

In the latest installment of "Village Voice" — Boston Public Radio's recurring conversation about how poetry can help us better understand the news of the day — poet Richard Blanco shared poems about ...