(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) In this poem, Shakespeare proved that he was a wordsmith and a genius of the written word. This clever exploration of the passage of time and aging is ...

Aging is often feared, resisted, and in the cruelest of cases, mocked and even punished. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and ...

Linda Drattell, a board member for the Tri-Valley Writers Branch of the California Writers Club, has published a second book of poetry, “The Lighter Side of Horse Manure.” ...

Phase One of a major restoration effort begins in November 2004. Many of the poems are still visible on the walls; others are obscured by aging wood or layers of paint. Architecture Resources Group ...

Griff Rhys Jones on why poetry is powerful and how it differs from other forms of writing. Suitable for teaching at KS3 and ...

The Roman poet Catullus is one of the most popular and frequently studied ancient authors. His poems were written just over two thousand years ago during the chaotic but culturally vibrant final ...

Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and not about telling a story, so this is a key difference. Key features of narrative ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

Christina Rossetti was one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, well known for collections including Goblin Market and Other Poems and The Face of the Deep. She addressed gender issues in her ...

That is some of the wisdom emerging from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest, most comprehensive examination of aging ever conducted. Since the 1930s, researchers have studied more ...

Aging Forward, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting older adults in living well, is seeking assistance from ...