IN the epic of Beowulf, our first great English epic, with almost countless references to the winter season, the sweet, antithetical season of summer is not once mentioned. This fact is significant, ...

“The Moon that fell from heaven”—a story first inscribed on clay tablets in the 14th century BCE—begins with a celestial accident: the Moon tumbles to earth and encounters the workings of nature. In a ...

Marie and my special, old age poets are viewing their days with fresh eyes. They seem to be finding beauty and meaning everywhere—in their memories of the past and in today’s world around them— ...

Composer Tyshawn Sorey set out to write music he hopes will speak to America’s current conversation around racial equity. He did so with a poem written 134 years ago. “Save the Boys” was written in ...

I like Old. Great Depression worn-in (not worn-out) favorite quilt classic car. I like the way Old feels. Sheets washed a thousand times frayed around the stitching busting from stories. I like the ...

she read in the obituary that you passed away. She was only five or six when you were my mentor. More than that, you were my friend and colleague. We used to meet at Kaladi Brothers for coffee to talk ...

‘There is not a particle of life that does not bear poetry within it’—Gustave Flaubert I read this quote to the small group of assisted living residents who had signed up for my weekly poetry writing ...