Poems can confer something rare in health care—or anywhere—a slice of sabbatical.” Indeed, the enjoyment of poems requires a kind of listening that may be difficult in this day and age. Not ...

Caring for the poor with poems. By Reviewed by John Freeman May 4, 2003-Alabanza. New and Selected Poems. ... At its best, his poetry comes off like an act of preservation, ...

W. S. Merwin, who died last week at age 91, wrote in a lyric register to capture the epic brutality and organized violence of the 20th century. His poems are promontories from which readers can ...

Poetry is designed for an era when people valued the written word and had the time and inclination to possess it in its highest form. I really do believe that poetry is the highest form of writing.

Any good bookstore is likely to offer a half-dozen different editions of Emily Dickinson's poetry. But the reason to consider buying "Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries" lies, of course ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama in 2010, was an attempt by Democratic lawmakers to reform the health care system by creating an individual ...

A poem does its thing when you leave it regretting, ... But I’ll tell you this, Laura Kolbe’s prose poem “Buried Abecedary for Intensive Care” is a poem of these times.

Weekend All Things Considered marks National Poetry Month with Detroit poet Jessica Care Moore. From secrets, to storms, she tells us which mini poems in our Twitter feed caught her eye.

The Creative Zone is a showcase of artwork, poetry, short stories and any other creative work by elementary and middle school students. The fourth-graders in Sherin McKearnan’s class at St. M… ...

WESTFIELD — On Saturday, Jan. 20, author and Westfield resident Robert Stephen Herrick will sign copies of his first book, “When, Then, Will the Devil Care? Poems and Short Stories,” at the ...