Two wonderful poems to share with kids about the natural play of light and dark, are Robert Frost’s, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and Mary Oliver’s, “Why I Wake Early.” Here ...

The first poem in Volcano, Eunice de Souza’s collected poems, “Catholic Mother”, which appeared in her debut collection, Fix, ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...

After returning home, she began to write poems about the experience, including “The Wound.” She was inspired to write it after discovering a quote about light written by the 13th century poet ...

The world of poetry is wide—you can dig in to a longer poetry book or read short poems when time allows. And it’s an art form ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...