The poem and excerpt is from “The Poem Tree” book Smith published in 2015. In total, Smith said she has written five books of poems. However, the others have not yet been edited or published.

Ruth Stone’s legacy is carried on by her granddaughter and current Vermont poet laureate Bianca Stone. She says her poetry is ...

As Robeson Lansana, 11, left, practices his solo poem, Zion Ash, 12, center, and Eleanor Ross, 11, wait for their turn during a rehearsal of the Reborn Poetry Ensemble on Jan. 14, 2018.

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The poet W.B. Yeats was born 150 years ago this week. In rural Ireland, a nun whose family has a personal history with the poet has turned a one-room schoolhouse into a small Yeats museum.

Indeed, Beth's poetry is defined by an intellectual examination of the interior of the human experience, something her students remember about her from when she taught at Bellevue Community College.

North Korea today commemorates the birthday of late dictator Kim Jong Il, capping off weeks of celebration that included carving his name into the side of a mountain, as it tries to burnish the ...

Children's poems carve out a legacy ... However, when she tried to contact the young writer, she was unable to do so because the child's family were refugees, displaced from their homes.

A family visits a large rock engraved with a child's poem on Dongshan Island, Fujian province, that reads: "My two hands empty, can still hold back the wind".