Hamilton-based author, teacher and performer Tania Hernandez wrote a book to honour Miss Lou, someone who 'challenged the ...

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 ...

Poetry like this, year after year, engraved his place upon the landscapes of Central Otago and the Southern Alps in language that everyone could understand. They have become keepsakes, expressing for ...

Those items are important to me, but I know they are just “treasures on earth” that can burn up in a fire. It’s the times ...

A Black History Month tradition started by one of Johnstown's first Black educators continued Friday night for the second ...

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 ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

Following Johnny Cash's passing in 2003, Bob Dylan wrote a eulogy for the Man in Black titled, "Remembering Johnny." ...

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, ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...