Teachers can have students create comics based on poems to better understand their themes and spark meaningful conversation.

Here's how to help the poemless: go to the poetry shelves in the children’s section of your local library. Grab a book by ...

An emotional plea for peace from Aluel Mochnom Wuor stole the show at the Peacekeepers Day ceremony. The 10-year-old student spoke from the heart, on behalf of the people of South Sudan, calling ...

This time, for VE Day 80, the card has a poem for peace written by local poet Barbara Fletcher. The cards were distributed to schools and groups across the town, with copies also being sent to the ...

The poem is told from the perspective of a father who, after his family goes to sleep on Dec. 24, spies a jolly, rosy-cheeked old man in a reindeer-pulled sleigh filled with toys for the children.

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

A 12-year-old Co Donegal lad had a poem about peace between Orange and Green read by the Irish President only months before he was killed in the Omagh Bomb, an inquiry into the atrocity heard today.

I’m writing this column about peace because it is the second theme of Advent, the weeks leading to Christmas. Peace is also universally celebrated on Sept. 21, the United Nations International Day of ...

Poets Against Racism & Hate USA will offer a poetry reading at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Butler Area Public Library, 218 N. McKean St. in Butler. The event is meant to support the group’s ...

I’m Dave Miller. Former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford first published his poem, “A Proclamation for Peace,” in 2019. It has even more resonance these days with wars in Ukraine and Gaza.