Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month.

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HANCOCK COUNTY — Celebrate rhyme and verse, metaphors and emotions in local events honoring National Poetry Month.

The 15 local poets include well-established writers in this region. They will read and sell their books. This is free.

Poems don’t give you news, they give you inspiration. Poems don’t give you knowledge, they heighten your sensitivity. Poems don’t give you information, they increase your empathy.

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Christmas poems to put you in a festive mood Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, ...

A woman who has just got married is challenged by a stranger who puts her question of love and kindness to the test in the form of a simple request for help.

It was a joy to read everyone’s work. We have selected five pieces — a personal essay, three poems and a short story — to publish in the Weekender.

The first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, has announced that an epic poem about the American experience — including contributions from everyday Americans — will be part of his ...

Lyric moments arrive in short lines and brief stanzas ... or DIE,” the rattlesnake has been “a classic American character in a classic American font,” as Diaz puts it in her poem “Snake-Light.” ...

Finally, we limited the list to Americans: Asking 25 books to represent 25 years of artistic progress within the many traditions that feed into American poetry was difficult enough. For all the ...

"My responsibilities are to elevate poetry and literacy," Miller ... yet natural as Castro, a short-wired version of every rap star," the American-Statesman noted in a 1993 review of "Vivisections ...