"The Gift to Sing" was published in James Weldon Johnson's book "Fifty Years & Other Poems" (The Cornhill Company, 1917). James Weldon Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Fla., on June 17, 1871. Johnson ...

In these days of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many people out of work or cutting back on expenses, I keep thinking of a story that reminds us of what is important in life. One of my great joys as a ...

Poem sent to Capt. Curt Wargo of New York’s Emergency Service Unit from his 8-year-old pen pal, Caitlin Boggs of Moore, Okla.: This is a very special gift that you can never see. The reason it’s so ...

This formula gives you the framework - you get to bring the creativity and the personal touch to a 79-year old poem. I Use ...

Without it, we would have no "right jolly old elf," no Dancer, no Prancer, no stockings hung by the chimney with care. It is, of course, the classic poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Clement ...

Five minutes. One word. One chance. This is the challenge Adam Grabowski often poses to himself writing on a typewriter. You ...

and all that will outlast us. And this now outlasts him: a parting gift of poems. And how were they found? In the most remarkable circumstances by those who loved him. Murray’s great friend, Jamie ...

Midge Bilbrey posed with some of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren at Christmastime in 2016. Karla Ward [email protected] For as far back as I can remember, my mom has been giving poems ...