By Dean Kelly A young man reaches out his hand and takes a young woman’s hand. He thinks, rightly so, that she has never looked so beautiful. They stand before the preacher and make promises before ...

Here’s an old poem to greet the new year. Greet, yes, even if we’re filled with dread or sorrow, there’s always a fresh start ...

The subject line of the email said, "What if..." Editor Amos Bridges explains how a weekly column about poetry found a place in the Sunday newspaper.

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Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a fresh start poem.

The British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year 2024, Yellowface is a masterpiece. When failed writer June Hayward watches ...

The beginning of the new year causes us to think about doing something new and different. It’s kind of a time of starting ...

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SIMON: For more than 40 years, people have been reading and performing Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" to celebrate the winter solstice. COOPER: (Reading) And when the New Year's sunshine ...