allow everything to stay there. even seemed to have nothing of substance. And the broken mirror. Shattered with pieces lying all over the floor. Say goodbye to it. And shut that door forever. Elena ...

They bike to church. They queue for an exam. They lurch on bumping airline aisles. They pace Museums, tap the car to work, and race To elevators. I have not been kind. From a great distance I have ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...

I was trying to get down to the root where consciousness springs up under pressure from conflict and pain and power.” ...

The poet Diane Seuss and I began a recent conversation by talking about the burdens of companionship—or, at least, how those burdens are manifested through affection for a pet. Seuss lost her dog Bear ...