'Let Them': Voice of homeless advocate lives on in healing poem of acceptance
Cassie Phillips was a member of “Women in Black,” homeless women and supporters who host annual Leaves of Remembrance ...
Twas the Night Before Christmas”: The Original Poem and Its Controversial Backstory
You've heard of the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic ...
I Found Dad's Last List 20 Years After He Died. It Made Me Cry
After his death, I scooped all his little notebooks into a box. The pain was too raw, and then the business of living ...
Barbara J. Ferraro: It took me 30 years to read the wartime letters my father wrote to my mother
Wartime letters sent by my father to my mother at her family home in Chicago, written in his own hand on Navy letterhead, the ...
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San Diego Poet Laureate wraps up term by dreaming and planting seeds in new festival
Jason Magabo Perez, appointed San Diego Poet Laureate in 2023, is closing his term — and his San Diego Poetry Futures 2024 ...
Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
This article appears in the January 2025 print edition with the headline “Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment.” ...
How a poem transformed Christmas into the festive holiday it is today
The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...
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Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini named new preacher of the papal household
Known for his inclusive homilies on various Italian podcasts, Father Roberto Pasolini was named by Pope Francis as the new preacher of the papal household. The 53-year-old Capuchin friar ...
Poetry from Daily Life: Finding a poem on the radio, at church, in a penny on the ground
It may not be published on a piece of paper, but the presence of poetry is interwoven throughout our days, author Sylvia ...
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Trump selects Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, for ambassador to France
President-elect Donald Trump has selected his son-in-law Jared Kushner's father, Charles Kushner, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to France, the president-elect announced Saturday.Trump ...