As only one day is left for Children's Day 2024 celebration, here are last-minute speech, poem, and quotes people can share ...

Poets Respond to the Music of Taylor Swift edited by Kristie Frederick Daugherty ($26; Ballantine Books; out December 3) Buy ...

Betcha didn't know that the greatest hockey poem ever written was composed by a Rangers fan. John Kieran grew up in The Bronx ...

His poetry, like his appearance, was unadorned and honest. He was not a poet of grand romantic illusions but of pragmatism, humor, and an almost brutal acknowledgment of the human condition. In one of ...

The city of Kerrville is searching for the poem that best captures the meaning of a “Christmas in Kerrville.” “It’s time to let your creativity flow and describe all the beauty, warmth and charm our ...

Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more poetry, humor, cleaning, travel, tech and fun facts all week long. Best-known poem: “We Wear the Mask” Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late ...

Her new work has received reactions ranging from admiration for her introspective themes to some mixed reviews on its overall ...

Chief among the insights we gain from reading history is that what we read is often relevant to what we are experiencing ...

With so much having already been said — on all sides — about tomorrow’s election, I am taking my cue for this column from the Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama.

Langston Hughes poems guaranteed to move you Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets ...

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not ...

This week's Jefferson Award winner is a Berkeley woman who has promoted child literacy for four decades, as host of a community TV show encouraging young poets.