From our earliest moments, we're surrounded by poetry in the form of nursery rhymes, storybooks and singalongs. We giggle our way through silly limericks and share sidesplitting poems with our pals.

"With future hope I oft would gaze Fond, on thy little early ways, Thy rudely, caroll'd, chiming phrase, In uncouth rhymes ... "I taught thy manners-painting strains, The loves, the ways of ...

The poem is not, however ... in which humble poverty is pitted against sophistication and manners. The dogs discuss their owners but, as in Henryson's animal fables, we see that often the animals ...

That’s where Thanksgiving poems come in. Stirring words from some of the greatest poets in history can give voice to your gratitude. It’s important to take a moment to say thank you ...

Rhymes and titles are not necessary and in fact are likely to be counterproductive. The purpose is to convey an image, one with a wryly ironic twist. Here are some examples written by WelchM ...

by which he meant poetry hampered by rhyme and metre. "But for the opera," he declared, that day on Prospect Hill, "I could never have written Leaves of Grass." Whitman was at that time a man of ...

Editor’s Note: Tess Taylor is the author of five collections of poetry, including “Work & Days” and “Rift Zone.” She is the editor of the anthology “Leaning Toward Light: Poems for ...

L ate in his career, the English poet W. H. Auden distilled the whole business of poetry into three pungent lines: “A poet’s ...

It's one thing to have the fancy-pants people say that Donald Trump has vulgar taste: gold-plated chairs that one commentator ...