"It gets me every time!" 23.In The Mary Tyler Moore Show, when Mary couldn't stop giggling during the funeral for Chuckles ...

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

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 ...

and as a teen won numerous prizes for his poems and short stories. Graduating in 1952 from Meriden High School, where he was co-editor of the yearbook and president of the Future Teachers of ...

The poem appears on the We Are Teachers website, and it's perfect for elementary school kiddos. Those looking for a famous Halloween poem may want to take a look at this popular one from Carl Sandburg ...

Now, I tend to write funny rhyming poems. But as I tell kids at school visits, not all poems rhyme and not all poems are funny. But you’ve got to give poetry a chance. Here’s the first poem in ...

Many names don’t give any clue as to what the dish may be like, some sound absolutely terrible if taken at face value, and some just sound like nonsense words. These funny food names may sound bizarre ...

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 ...