A poem by Priscilla Atkins of the Hope College faculty has been named "Poem of the Month" for November in the electronic edition of "The Christian Science Monitor." The poem, "November Pink," is being ...

The poem in this Hint I have offered before for the same reason, a gift for Christmas. But I believe it is definitely worth repeating. Christmas is a time that symbolizes hope. It is a religious ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - On the final day of 2013, the Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor features a poem from poet Jack Ridl, former professor of English at Hope College. The poem, titled "The End of ...

NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander's latest community poem started with a request to consider what follows after the words "I dream a world." 'This Is Our Dream': A Crowdsourced Poem To Inspire ...

Basketball has been described by some as "poetry in motion." The world of high school basketball is shared through poetry itself in the latest collection by nationally-recognized poet Jack Ridl, ...

Like many I spent yesterday morning reading everything I could about the 49 people who were killed at Pulse in Orlando, Florida. Reading about the grieving family members. Reading about the killer.

At Christmastime, one tradition is to hope. In this medical column, can I prescribe some pill, balm, salve or nostrum that will give us hope? This year I would like to prescribe a poem I have shared ...

In a week that brought us the mass murder at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the murder of British politician Jo Cox, and the death of a little boy who died after an alligator attack, it certainly seems ...