Mary Margaret Hughes, who got her start in classrooms and on stages in Springfield, writes about how creativity and inspiration can snowball.

I admire contemporary poetry which finds ways of connecting to the scientific disciplines. Ruth Padel, for example, excitingly weaves ornithology, zoology, history, philology and other forms of ...

A Poem for Margaret Sullivan. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. THE FEED. 7/3/2025. early and often. early and often. Poll ...

For nearly 90 years, an unfinished and unpublished novel from the famous Black Renaissance writer waited quietly in the ...

Write a poem about how a nap helps you restore, and it may be read on Morning Edition. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ... (From Selected Poems II: 1976-1986 by Margaret Atwood.

The poem talks about the gulf between royalty and the rest of the population, but how "no privilege on earth can keep a life from suffering in love and loss". Titled The Younger Sister, it also points ...

Margaret Walker, 1915 – 1998. Born in Birmingham, Ala., Margaret Walker was the first African American poet to receive the Yale Younger Poets Prize. ... As we celebrate National Poetry Month, ...

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

AND THE WINNER IS: Margaret Belk is the winner of this year's Xpress Poetry Contest, judged by poet Michael Dechane. Belk is featured here with her dog, Ziggy. Photo courtesy of Belk Nearly 100 ...

Margaret McNamara, illus. by G. Brian Karas. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-307-97947-6 Last seen in The Apple Orchard Riddle, Mr. Tiffin and his class are back to celebrate Poem ...