Recent weeks have highlighted the passing of time with three successive occurences that either merited my attention or ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

Lisken Van Pelt Dus sees things we probably never saw in quite the same way, and even as we may recognize these things in our ...

A hard day here, remembering the day dear ones 'left' us. It seems to happen frequently; they leave without a fuss. A boy or girl - be young or old; when God calls, they 'fly' home! Tho friend or kin, ...

Tis the season of love, romance, and gifts; of course, we are talking about Valentine’s Day! You didn’t forget, did you?

Poetry in the Natural World,” features 50 poems by 50 poets from across the country edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.

Nostalgia has become a defining trait for Millennials and Gen Z-ers. However, this concept has roots beyond the present to ancient Greece.

Czesław Miłosz lost his homeland to a Stalinist regime. What have we Americans valued in our own cultural past that might now ...

Myra Sklarew, a poet and teacher who found inspiration for her graceful, meditative verses in the natural world, her Jewish heritage and her early years working with rhesus monkeys at a research lab, ...

"All That We Ask of You Is To Always Be Happy," Durham poet Bridget Bell's debut collection, comes out on February 4.

Imprinting,” a sonic self-portrait of Anglo-American artist and composer Beatie Wolfe's brain, opens at the Museum of Science ...