A local organization fostering reading comprehension and creative writing in Miami-Dade County schools recently took a group ...

A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation—both their own and the Earth’s. In the winter of 2021, still very much in ...

In a new series USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives, whether it's at home, on the set or on the road. On a rainy day in Sonoma, California, a young Ada Limón tucked ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Even on a computer screen, Ada Limón, who is serving her second term as poet laureate of ...

"The Nature of Our Times" exhibit concludes with community poetry events, creativity workshops for families and an Earth Day ...

Nature has been a theme and inspiration to poets since forever. When I first started writing, I hated nature poems. Poems about the trees in Massachusetts or those contemplating winter in Vermont felt ...

Troubled by a flurry of bad news about the climate crisis and ruthless human behavior, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón decided to take a walk on a trail near her home in Lexington, Kentucky. At one point ...

Last month, as a winter storm chilled Louisiana and much of the country, I sat in my armchair and read “Diving Into Nature,” a new poetry collection inspired by the skies, trees, fields, rivers and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALEXANDRIA, VA - MARCH 5: Pedestrians are reflected in a puddle of water on King Street in Alexandria, Va, on Sunday, March 5, ...

Cycle one: Just looking. We must be careful / Ed Roberson -- Earth is a living thing / Lucille Clifton -- Mountains of California, part I / Al Young -- Mountain road ends here / G.E. Patterson -- ...

After the harsh winter we had this year, the District’s spring flowers and warm temperatures are so lovely we’re starting to ...