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.

In “Tree Fall with Birdsong,” Kendall Dunkelberg’s fourth poetry collection, we are continually witnessing the melody of the natural world. From warblers to crows to the lakes and swamps of ...

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

(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 ...

DEAR READERS: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It is a time for new beginnings and fresh starts.

“To This Day” had a very small beginning. The poem itself was written in 2009 after rereading a series of notebooks I had written in as a child. I’m fortunate enough to have a grandmother ...

Dear Readers: Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood.