It is twilight, in the sense  that there is no Day or Night; only the fluttering of wings. Being kissed awake is tender as birth is confusing. There is no separation; only                 the ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Swanson started writing poetry when she was in her early 20s and wrote a book of poems, “Spirit Within,” which she ...

Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of ...

Poems can promote understanding by taking us behind enemy lines. Threatening to boycott anyone's art or literature will only inflame and prolong hostilities.

Adam Plunkett’s Love and Need offers something of a recuperation of Robert Frost by reminding us that the poet's fierceness ...