In a world awash in tragedy, it’s easy to overlook the ordinary: the simple beauty of the everyday, the breeze that reminds ...

These lovely short poems for kids will get the little ones excited to read stanza after stanza Short poems for kids that ...

Gibson, who died this week, valued live performance and emotionally resonant language.

Norman MacCaig (1910-1996) was a Scottish poet who wrote simple, accessible and often humorous poems in modern English. Early on in his career, however, his style was less so, as he had become ...

The winner of this year’s Foley Poetry Contest is “Arise,” by Marjorie Maddox. The poem is—well, I’m not a fan of taking a piece of art and telling people how or why it is so good.

Some of her poems have strong social and political themes, while others allude to the simple joys or sorrows of life. However, her idiom remains feminine, imagery domestic and words simple.