When people read a poem strictly for its beauty, their brains undergo a distinct three-step process that separates emotional ...

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 ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...

Is it just me, or is Poetry Month everywhere this year? Poet Mary Ruefle had something to say about this: Every April, since the establishment of National Poetry Month, I receive a call from my local ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Source: The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum / Public Domain Let’s start with an image. You are in a restaurant, at a bar, or driving to a beach with some friends. Someone says something funny, and everyone ...

The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you know a few lines by ...

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 ...