When teaching children to read, it’s good to find ways to make reading as enjoyable as possible, that’s why we created a list of 10 short inspirational poems for children. Just like every painting in ...

The Christmas season is a time filled with joy and goodwill. It's a time for Christmas pageants, singing carols, giving gifts ...

Modeled after Lord Nelson, one of the great leaders of the Napoleonic Wars, Character of the Happy Warrior describes the ideal fighter. Wordsworth weaves together the traits all successful leaders ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

Anyone who calls themselves a writer knows that revision is no walk in the park — unless, of course, that saying was invented by a writer who knew that parks are just really sites of distraction, AKA ...

In America, St. Patrick’s Day has somehow transformed into a holiday where people swill green beer while the bar plays the same Dropkick Murphys’ songs over and over again. If you’re young enough to ...

Janet McCormick Harrington is not a professional poet. She has written down verses over the years and simply tucked them away. One day, her daughter gathered them and published them. The poems tell a ...

A William Stafford centennial volume. "I know of no other twentieth-century American writer as much admired and respected as William Stafford," avers Ted Kooser on the front cover of this slim volume.