Poetry editor Mary G. Milligan, a private-school librarian, has co-edited two anthologies of Latina literature. Her writing has appeared in Pax, Blue Mesa Review, the Mujeres Grandes Anthologies ...

The Old English lyric (such a poem as The Scald’s Lament, or The Seafarer) is the corner stone ; Tennyson and Browning, Carlyle and Ruskin, Hawthorne and Longfellow, Emerson and Lowell, are the ...

Patty Rowland’s literary genius and reworking of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” continues to reverberate in the news media. State Rep. Jack Malone, D-Norwich [letter, Jan. 17, “Poem ...

Cowboy poetry is a 150-year-old tradition. Will it survive in the 21st century? As ranchers grow steadily older, the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is looking to attract a younger, more diverse ...

The Power of Writing Poetry in Old Age Uncovering meaning in assisted living by creating poems Posted October 20, 2016. Share. Tweet. Share on Bluesky. Share. Email. THE BASICS.

He did so with a poem written 134 years ago. “Save the Boys” was written in 1887 by Frances Watkins Harper, a Black abolitionist and women’s rights activist who lived in Philadelphia. The four-stanza ...

An ode to an old poetry mentor Remembering Tom Sexton: Poet, mentor and friend. By John Smelcer. Published: May 1, 2025.