Another death. Another funeral.Another friend taken too early by that cruel, smarmy bastard – cancer.  Another person whose ...

At Christmastime, one tradition is to hope. In this medical column, can I prescribe some pill, balm, salve or nostrum that will give us hope? This year I would like to prescribe a poem I have ...

Alexander's new book contains poems about George Floyd's death, Colin Kaepernick's protests, and the election of Barack Obama.

Farai Chideya talks with Marilyn Nelson, poet laureate of Connecticut and author an emotional narrative poem on the death of Emmett Till. Nelson explains why she wrote the poem for young adults ...

RAINING It was a rough evening outside but a warm feeling within. Lynn and I were with fellows and gals passing out food outside a closed church in Norfolk’s Park Place. The rain came down bu… ...

Poet Kwame Alexander has created a poem from submissions about the challenges of the past year and our dreams for the future. It ends with: "For through the struggle, we may hope to become stronger." ...

Discover the touching poem by a mother with agoraphobia, symbolizing hope and renewal. A message of love, peace, and kindness for the holiday season.

This year’s poem isn’t just for our family. It’s for all of us who are lonely for the ones we love. Woes of 2020 2020 — Oh what a year. The threat of a virus has filled us with fear.

In 2019 when Yale Professor Harold Bloom, probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world, died at the age of 89, I wondered, who will assume his mantle as our leading ...

A local seventh grader is garnering national recognition for earning a top spot in the 2021 Inaugural Poem Contest, among hundreds of entries from across the United States.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to poet in residence Kwame Alexander, who shares his latest community crowd-sourced poem about the goals that teachers, parents and students have set for themselves.

Columnist Bill Ruehlmann, reflecting on life as we now know it, finds a better perspective in “How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope." ...