"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

As we age, we come to realize that with youth comes a lack of maturity and an insecurity about who we are and how we should ...

Atlanta is home to some of the most accomplished and celebrated poets in the country. To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’ve rounded up 13 collections by Atlanta poets.

Tillotson's wife of 45 years, Nancy, confirmed the news on social media Michael Levin/Corbis via Getty Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind the 1960s hit "Poetry ... He was funny, generous and ...

“Santa Claus” by Australian poet Andrew Barton “Banjo” Peterson (1864–1941) is a funny poem that imagines a humorous scene in which a watchman tries to stop a “quaint old figure clothe ...

I think what I am afraid of, more than what I end up doing, is how and why I do it. I am afraid of the quiet desperation, of ...

Book publishers this year seem to be turning away from the heavy-hitters and opting for something silly. Here are some of the best.

Read aloud every day to the child in your life; it’s a powerful and important gift whose benefits can’t possibly be measured.

She contracted polio at age 11, and, in an early defining moment ... her sometimes turbulent life, her new volume of poetry (out Tuesday), and what it takes to make it through.

In the late 1970s, the actor Jeff Bridges and a band of his old high school friends recorded a hazy mix of tunes. Nearly 50 years later, he has released them on his new album "Slow Magic: 1977-1978." ...

Poet and essayist Márquez Price has often acknowledged in his writing the influence of his father, Tucson educator Delano ...