Last summer, Maggie Smith — no, not that one — sat in a Starbucks in Bexley, Ohio, and wrote a poem. Smith had no idea that she was setting down the first lines of a work that would seize the ...

Wishing you and all a very happy holiday season. Please enjoy the following poem. “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore. “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through ...

PostEverything Auden’s foreboding poem ‘September 1, 1939,’ captures today’s mood, too. His words have the power to connect us to the moral urgency of the day and challenge us to be an ...