You've heard of the beloved "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem—maybe some reinterpretations and parodies of it too. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...

Becoming a debutante was not among her aspirations (she later wrote a poem about it), which made her an odd fit among Fisk’s sorority sisters. But when she returned to resume classes ...

I wanted to learn about Makarand Dave, the poet who lived in Gondal. He wrote spiritual, rhythmic poetry about people who sang and danced to divine music, using words from talpadi, or rural ...

The subject line of the email said, "What if..." Editor Amos Bridges explains how a weekly column about poetry found a place ...

On a balmy Monday afternoon, that time of day when you’re raring for a nap after a good lunch, you find a horde of energetic people in a happy huddle at the roofdeck of the Sunshine Place Senior ...

Sign language poetry, like written poetry, is an elaborate art form that stretches the possibilities of language through rules and techniques. But with its visual nature, it can add a new ...