As flattering as it is to be asked to give a reading at a friend or family member's wedding, it can be dauting finding the right poem to read. The pressure is even more acute if it's for a sombre ...

Thanksgiving poems full of gratitude Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

Artist Alicia Framis and AILex, a hologram, have tied the knot in the Netherlands, although the marriage is not legally recognised.

Any anthology is a product of its editor’s decisions. In “ 100 Great Catholic Poems ” (Word on Fire, $34.95), editor Sally ...

They learn by going outside and “walking the poem.” They read the poem out loud as they walk, making turns at every ampersand (there are more than 20) and pausing at every stanza break, comma or ...

A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it ...

This poem was due in three months, give or take. The text had to be under 200 words. Ideally it would contain water imagery, and it needed to be accessible to people on a fourth grade reading level.

Husary read a poem aloud in court the day he was sentenced. The 364-day jail term was supposed to start next January, but his arrest throws a wrinkle in that. He will not receive credit for time ...

A Hezbollah garb-wearing protester accused of hatefully harassing a Jewish straphanger reportedly read a poem aloud before he was sentenced in another antisemitic hate crime case. The bizarre ...