The Butte County Office of Education hosted the 2025 Butte County Poetry Out Loud competition on Nov. 14, bringing together ...

The Intentions of Thunder” includes poems from Smith’s nine collections, as well as new and previously uncollected poems that ...

Which they had not been wary of. Into the great white wash. About the Poet: Milly Hopkins, who doesn’t take herself seriously enough to write a bio, hopes you have a nice day.

For many of the men who caravanned for hours in buses and cars to Washington, D.C., for the 1995 Million Man March, the event marked an attempt toward a modern Harlem Renaissance, also known as “the ...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the team chaplain for the Loyola University Chicago basketball team who became a national celebrity during the school's 2018 underdog March Madness run, has died at 106.

No one notices when a fresh stem of baby’s breath falls into a pool. Instead, contention among the fangs simmers with rolling eyes, laughter, and barbecue. Everyone is testing each other. Backhanded ...

A poem a day keeps the mind at play. That's the beauty of picking up a poetry collection: There's no pressure to read the book cover-to-cover. Readers can take it slow, savoring the verse and emotion.

DEAR ABBY: While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, "Decide to Forgive." I was struck by ...

As the season of love approaches, many express their affection through chocolates, teddy bears or love sonnets and poems. One poet, however, stands out from the rest, not just for her reflections on ...

Life and death, season after season, haunts this ground. The corn soldiers expect an engagement, Yet the exact moment always a strategic surprise. No matter their numbers, their opponent always has ...