“Gifts”: One poet recalls her complex strategies as a teen gift-giver, a second recalls the gift his parents bestowed on him when he was...
"Frederick and Anna Murray Douglass": Though Frederick Douglass grew up not knowing his exact birthdate and even uncertain just how old he was, historians...
“Gone Parents“: Poets featured today consider deceased parents, somewhat sentimentally or as mysterious dream figures. Ted Kooser, “Mother” and “Father,” from Delights & Shadows ...