Sometimes seen as the stuff of commencement addresses, his poems are hard to pin down—just like the man behind them.

Swampscott Conservancy Next month is National Poetry Month — 30 days to celebrate poets and poetry! New England has had its share of famed poets — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, ...

Many of the poems in Power Point were inspired by watershed moments in global politics and culture, particularly ones that would shape the lives of women ... when we ask our scientists or ...

How did the author of "The Savannah Cook Book" fenagle famous poet Ogden Nash to write the introduction? Polly Powers Stramm finds out.

It’s that same belief and adoration of the natural world that comes to mind when reading Easterine Kire’s new collection of poetry ... winter light. And through it all, humans go about their ...

“We will celebrate poetry, remember the legacy of the poets, bring the gift of poetry to our people and encourage our people to recognise poetry in their everyday lives. We will work hard to ...

I came across an episode of the old black-and-white Twilight Zone television series called “The Changing of the Guard.” I ...

You might think the title of this essay refers to, perhaps, Niagara Falls in New York or Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, both majestic waterfalls. The former is sometimes frozen in ...

As the years went by, everything around the tree changed. The gate was repainted, the walls of our house cracked and were ...

It’s here, among the gravestones and leaves, that we’ve met Einar for a foraging expedition. As a man whose music and life ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include a spectacular collection from Ron Padgett and a dark, posthumous work by Tove Ditlevsen ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.