So begins a poem, titled “The Cowboy,” about a real-life folk hero of sorts: Ben Ellingson, the 5-year-old who helped find ...

Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns ...

In her poem "The Mirror," Sylvia Plath portrays the complexity of the struggle of the imposter, the struggle to be oneself.

Children's poet Constance Levy, a former educator who lives in St. Louis, encourages readers of all ages to tell their own ...

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Heather Lende, Alaska's previous Writer Laureate, shares a poem read on a cold, dark night during a dinner with friends.

She does not post anything on social media, except everything. Poets often use irony to criticise as well as mock their subject matter. So you get the sense that this is a confessional poem about an ...

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem "The Way It Should Be" at the Mosaic Children's Museum in ...

Watch the celebrated actress recite Maria Woodford’s ‘elegy for a nissan micra’ which came out on top in this year’s time-themed contest ...

The Nolan Sisters star became emotional on Good Morning Britain as she read out part of a poem that had been used in Linda ...