Dating back to 1867, when the Freedmen’s Bureau organized the first parade, picnic, and festival in Austin, there has been a celebration of Juneteenth in the historically African American Eastside ...

U.S. National Children's Day is this Sunday. Celebrate with your little ones by reading poetry.

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with ...

An archive has revealed a handwritten copy of a 200-year-old poem originally written to prove rhyming is easy after an argument at a breakfast table. Marking World Poetry Day, Longleat in ...

Christmas Day on BBC TV ... the 2024 World Paper and Comb Championships from 1.14pm before poet laureate Simon Armitage meets some molluscs in My Poetry and Other Animals from 1.43pm and ...

Editor’s Note: Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” also known as “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” in 1822. It is believed that a family ...

A new tradition and my Christmas gift to you, a poem I wrote for a year in review. Ring, ring, ring-a-ling. We’ve got some rhymes to sling. The prose can wait. All fun, no hate. Let’s try our ...

Rhymes for the Times, a book with illustrations, has poems, limericks, and nonsense verse. The book, published by Penguinsters, is whimsical and funny, and the eclectic mix of writings makes it an ...