A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse. By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit ...

"There was a boy named Emile / who fell in love with a field," poet Kevin Young writes. "It was wide and blue — and if you could have seen it / so would've you." Emile and the Field is the story of a ...

As parents, we can sometimes be too hard on our kids when they fail, especially in sports. How do you handle it when your kid strikes out or drops a touchdown pass? There is a national campaign ...

Poems by a Little Girl, the work of Hilda Conkling, aged nine, are to be taken seriously, with no apology for the youth of the author. Hilda is as truly a poet as she is the daughter of a true poet, ...

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...