On the brink of the 19th century, in the Scottish town of Dumfries, the poet Robert Burns wrote: “the honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor / Is king o’ men for a’ that.” Two centuries later, and about 100 ...

Young poets from across the state joined with officials including first lady Lori Shapiro today in a reveal celebration of Rain Poetry on the sidewalks outside the State Library of Pennsylvania at the ...

It was a rough evening outside but a warm feeling within. Lynn and I were with fellows and gals passing out food outside a closed church in Norfolk’s Park Place. The rain came down but the smiles ...

Compiled by Rita Gray, illus. by Ryan O'Rourke, Charlesbridge, $9.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57091-716-5 This playful group of 20 rain-themed poems includes the works of Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and ...

Mary Szybist's latest collection of poetry is called Incarnadine. Donald Justice's Collected Poems, published less than two weeks after his death, is a slender volume for a life's work. At around 300 ...