Hugh quotes the first few lines of this very famous English nonsense poem, which appeared in the book 'Alice in Wonderland'. When the heroine, Alice, hears the poem, she says that it fills her ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

Tim Burton has a distinct style. That style helped him make a splash with movies like Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. Sometimes, though, he takes on a well-worn story and tries to give it a ...

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...