The idea for this contest was suggested by AOL member OberOber, who is hereby handed a sealed envelope containing five free AOL hours courtesy of The Atlantic Monthly. OberOber apparently has a ...

Charles ‘Buddy’ Whatley is a retired Methodist pastor serving Dawson Street Methodist Church in Thomasville, Ga. “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree” is the opening line of a poem ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

An observational poet who focuses on imagery from nature, he taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts for more than 20 years. By Elizabeth A. Harris Arthur Sze was a freshman at the ...

In our fraught modern world, poets are rarely celebrities. But celebrities sometimes get their poems published. Certain people (disgruntled scribblers) may scoff at this. What do Megan Fox, James ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Five years after penning his memoir, Matthew McConaughey is debuting a new book, 'Poetry & Prayers' Andrea Mandell is the Senior Editor ...

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 29, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids, beginning with a Rosary at 5 p.m. and concluding with a Scripture ...

Joyce (Culwell) Scardina, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at her Dublin, Ohio, home on September 23, 2025, surrounded by her family and friends. She was 74 ...

FILE - Arthur Sze attends the 70th National Book Awards ceremony on Nov. 20, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File) At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission ...

Joyce Bush Riddle, 89, of Pace, Florida, died in Pensacola, Florida on September 11, 2025. Mrs. Riddle was born in Poplar Springs on March 2, 1936, to the late John Daniel Bush and Oleta Martin. Joyce ...

The Library of Congress this past week named Arthur Sze the 25th poet laureate of the United States. The longtime Santa Fe-based poet called the honor “a bit of a shock and also exciting.” Over the ...

POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:POET) is one of the best AI stocks to buy according to analysts. On August 29, POET Technologies Inc. announced a partnership with NTT Innovative Devices Corporation, ...