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Project blending poetry, journalism and art has former residents feeling nostalgic and outsiders planning visits to ...
My sense is that these poems might pick up someone’s spirit, they might deposit a resolution regarding some values,’ Forbes ...
His descriptions are palpable. The reader feels present with the poet as he writes, “Upstairs the chandelier sparkles on the floor / and the instructions for heat are painted over— / they look like ...
Book review ‘I’ll Have It Here’: Jeet Thayil blends the instinctive and incomprehensible in his new poems The poet divides the fifty poems in this book into three parts, each one a bouquet ...
This week my dear friend, Penny, sent me a powerful poem, read beautifully by an older woman, my age or older I presume, on Instagram. Titled “Let Them,” it spoke directly to my heart in a ...
Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry columns appear four times a year.
More Judy Russell: Click here for more faith columns by Judy Russell The Men of Praise of Waupun will present an evening of Music May 18, starting at 6 p.m., at the Peniel Welsh Chapel.
Christian Wiman says he's no longer afraid of dying. "When death hangs over you for a while, you start to forget about it," he says. Wiman's new book is Zero at the Bone.
I have confidence in Israel’s wherewithal and its citizens’ resilience. I have faith in my people’s fortitude and purpose. Even though Hamas is barbaric, we follow the laws of just war.
You need to have some sense of awe, mystery and not-knowing-ness to have faith in the possibilities of the world and what God has done. And I find that poetry is the art that produces in me the ...