It’s always a great joy and pleasure to write a new Christmas poem. I'd like to present two of these: about the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I ...

Rachael Hegarty’s poetry collections include Flight Paths Over Finglas and Dancing with Memory (Salmon Poetry) ...

My husband and I traveled to Bethlehem. My first vivid memory of the place is of Star Street, which is traditionally acknowledged as the final portion of Mary and Joseph’s journey into town. As Claude ...

Mary Oliver's Felicity (Penguin Press, $24.95), forthcoming next month, is a breezy, inviting collection of love poems that celebrates the divine as much as it does the natural world or human ...