The poet W. S. Merwin wrote a lot about birds: birds singing, birds dying, birds “ whirled in a rising cloud … dissolving, ...

The poet W. S. Merwin wrote a lot about birds: birds singing, birds dying, birds “whirled in a rising cloud … dissolving, streamering out.” This poem, “Shore Birds,” was included in ...

In Poe's poem of grieving for the lost lover, Lenore, ... Birds of Death . Perhaps because they can fly and we can't, humans ...

We found several interesting poems about this unique bird that dives and skillfully catches fish while under water. The cormorant seems to be caught in an interesting tradeoff with nature though.

The Carter Center has shared a heartfelt poem written in 1995 by former President Jimmy Carter, 99, to his beloved wife Rosalynn, 96, ahead of her funeral in Plains, Georgia.

Of lately A little before dusk I take a book out to the porch And read ‘til it’s too dark to see And then I sit and watch And listen As the robins and the cardinals And the others Grab one ...