This is my reading of the poem commonly known as Twas the Night Before Christmas. Toyota has upgraded the regular car too, ...

It's a holiday tradition. I've been reading this poem every year on some radio station somewhere in the world since I was just 18 years old. This time, for the first time ever, it's here on YouTube.

Farming has been a lifelong part of Douglas Kenning’s identity. The District 3 McLeod County Board candidate purchased his farm on the northwest corner of Lake Marion in 1978, but it’s been in ...

Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution? Perhaps ...

Public domain via Wikimedia Commons When the New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” on January 29, 1845, it catapulted both the work and its author to instant fame.

Christmas is a Christian celebration of the birth of Christ, though it also encompasses Greek, Roman and pagan traditions of giving gifts and feasting around the Winter Solstice. It is a time when ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

Two Harris County prisoners died this month, one of whom died after being transferred to a private prison in Louisiana – an ongoing practice used to address overcrowding within the county jail ...

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem. She really really likes stars. But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...