Dear Abby: In response to the letter from a postal worker in Cottage Grove, Minn., regarding the tragic loss of children in the Oklahoma City explosion: Five years ago, on the same date that letter… ...

Shane Koyczan says in a childhood full of the pain of bullying, he discovered a sense of humor and more. ... His poem has been viewed more than 8 million times on YouTube.

The collection titled ‘Seen & Heard’, comprises 100 poems and a series of drawings, created by children and parents from across the UK and beyond whose lives have been impacted by imprisonment.

Love has certainly been painful for Mitchell. The poems found in this collection reveal a heart-wrenching portrait of Mitchell’s life: a cheating husband, distant lovers, lost family, sick children.

A version of this story ran in the January / February 2025 issue. Write about the untouchable. Something out of arm’s reach, like freedom, the stars, or you. Write an ode to misfits. A poem of ...

Dean Kalimniou reviews Stolen Violets by Maria A. Kampyli—a poetic reflection on memory, loss, solitude, and survival written ...

Devastated by her loss, Doris Hernandez, 66, found solace and strength through poetry. ... have felt the searing pain of losing a child to gang violence in Chicago’s Little Village.

(Shyamasri Maji teaches English at Durgapur Women’s College in Durgapur, West Bengal. She writes short stories and poems in English, some of which have been published in Muse India, Six Seasons ...