Do you gravitate toward inspirational poems or stanzas of sorrow ... war has ever strewn Is but a passing stain. This is a short poem with immeasurable depth. In "War," Leslie Coulson writes ...

D.N. “This Is Not a Small Voice” by Sonia Sanchez Adrian Neibauer’s fifth grade students in Colorado have loved this “short and powerful” poem. As not-quite-tweens, Neibauer said his students “are ...

These short Easter poems reflect a Christian perspective on the holiday, making them great options for children's church and ...

The writing in this poem is taut, graceful and intelligent in a way that shows the mystical themes of life, including love, death, the mind and body, the church and Christ, and idealism.

With punchy lines like “My mother’s peach cobbler was so good, it made God himself cheat on his wife,” The Secret Lives of Church ... of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems, Brief Essays ...

The United Methodist Church’s splintering has prompted Methodism’s ecumenical association to formalize its guidelines for admitting new members.... Eliza Griswold profiles a progressive evangelical ...

Where to read: You can read “The Haunted Palace” at Poetry Foundation. Poe’s The Oval Portrait is one of his shorter stories, but one whose intensity is not limited by length. The short ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

By Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko A team of reporters followed Serhiy Zhadan, Ukraine’s leading poet and rock star, over several months, attending concerts and poetry readings in Kyiv ...