Shel Silverstein was one of the most talented poets of the last century. If you were a kid who grew up in America, you grew up with his songs, poems, and maybe one or two cartoons that he made, too.

Childhood is a magical time, a period of wonder and innocence. It's a time when we explore the world with curious eyes and ...

The New-England Boys’ Song About Thanksgiving Day Over the river and through the woods, To Grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow.

The Wall Street Journal examines the poem, "Only Child," by Billy Collins, from his new book, "The Rain in Portugal" (Random House, Oct. 4). Below the poem, Collins describes his inspiration for the ...

While researching a piece on the David Foster Wallace collection at the University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center, writer Justine Tal Goldberg discovered a gem in the archives: a mournful bit of verse ...

This Bachelor star was a poet and fans didn't know it. On Monday, Lauren Burnham shared Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s childhood poem on Instagram, and the throwback will make Bachelor Nation laugh. Her ...

"She comes from a family where boys are prized over girls, (which is) not uncommon in this remote part of the country, yet ...