Life During the Great Depression by Dennis Nishi ... New York: Scholastic Press, 1997. In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat ...

Much of his work broached different topics, and this sonnet is one of those poems that are so acutely aware of what grief, sorrow and depression feel like that it is nearly impossible to ignore.

Inspiration and Themes: Hughes wrote “Let America Be America Again” during the Great Depression, a time of widespread ...

don’t overlook it when hunting for poetry for the woman you adore. “A Glimpse” makes a great love poem for her too—especially if you regularly find yourself getting swept up in her presence.

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

The famed poet died in ‘delirium’, wearing someone else’s clothes. Over 170 years later, we’re still searching for answers.

I’ve tested some of the lullabies on my own daughter with great success. As with the earlier Poems, this is a book that rewards many different directions of approach. “The way, forward step ...

Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear ...

National Poetry Day 2024 is upon us, giving everyone the chance to celebrate and enjoy the art form. Research has suggested ...

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Third and Final Continent,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1999. The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss ...