Even if you’re one of the nine or so people in the world who actually understand what “Auld Lang Syne” means, you have to admit that Robert Burns’ traditional New Year’s poem is getting a little old.

Along dozens of businesses in Arlington Heights, hopeful poems detailing perseverance, hope, history, passion and community strength have been painted on storefronts to inspire the community to shop ...

NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander's latest community poem started with a request to consider what follows after the words "I dream a world." 'This Is Our Dream': A Crowdsourced Poem To Inspire ...

After reading through the exuberant poems in Barbara Crooker’s ninth book, I began to look at the world with different eyes. I found small, seemingly ordinary things to praise and felt myself ...

It was a rough evening outside but a warm feeling within. Lynn and I were with fellows and gals passing out food outside a closed church in Norfolk’s Park Place. The rain came down but the smiles ...

We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be ...

The devastating ramifications of the global coronavirus pandemic and tragic death of George Floyd have inspired some social media users to declare that 2020 is “cancelled,” though a now-viral poem ...

I recently taught a short six-class course for Homeschool Connections on “Poems Every Catholic Should Know.” The text for the course was my book of the same title, which is an anthology of Christian ...