My mum worked all hours and I was lazy and lonely. The middle-class children I hung out with at my comprehensive brought ...

God never promised that following and serving Him in this life would be easy. There is no promises of rose gardens in the ...

An Ohio teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a student's family reported that the educator showed up at their home to demand missing homework. The teacher showed up unannounced at ...

March 12, 2025 • Ciara Totton reads a poem by Dennis Held ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

Angel Reese is a bonafide star, on and off of the floor for the WNBA. The Chicago Sky forward was an All-Rookie player in 2024. The first round draft pick out of LSU averaged 13 points and 13 rebounds ...

Dorothea Mackellar’s poem from 1908, My Country, is famous in Australia despite its outmoded colonial assumptions. Many people are able to quote its lines about ragged mountain ranges ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

The proudest moment in my career was giving my English teacher signed copies of my books. She was the one who taught me how ...

Announcing the Eighth Annual Fighting Words Poetry Contest! How can poetry be an effective response to current events and the issues impacting our communities? How can journalism and poetry help us ...

If you are someone too eager to play some harmless and silly pranks this April Fool’s Day, this is your ultimate prankster's ...

My mother, relentlessly creative and deprived of resources for autism at the time, came up with some of her own strategies.