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My husband Gary and I met when we were 9 and 10 years old. We became closer later, when we were 14 and 16 years old, and married four years later. We shared a deep love and happiness during our 44 ...
The amount of poetry majors that I went to school with could all fit into a mid-sized van together, comfortably. Needless to say, it wasn't a hugely popular major — even at a creative writing ...
With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...
Several of you have asked about the poem i closed today's shows with: It comes from a young Texan, Viola Vella, ... Laura's goodbye poem. by Laura Hand. Sat, October 12th 2019 at 3:00 PM.
AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY: 250 YEARS OF STRUGGLE AND SONG, edited by Kevin Young. ... A slim collection of beautiful poems about moving (leaving, returning, remembering) ...
Every day at sundown, the gutted shell of the last Cabrini Green public housing tower takes on a ghostly aura as lights start flickering sporadically from 15 floors of empty rooms.
A 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant shocked Pat Sajak with a poem about his retirement. ... “I’m leaving?” the host, who was also celebrating his 77th birthday, jokingly asked.
The school then self-published the poems into the book. "I didn't really think of me being an author and a poet," Espejo said. Starting Friday, “Voice” will be available on Amazon at $5 a copy.