So begins a poem, titled “The Cowboy,” about a real-life folk hero of sorts: Ben Ellingson, the 5-year-old who helped find ...

Fletcher Hesseltine, an 8th grader, and Joshua Carey, a 6th grader, read the poem that the students wrote. Among the heroes the boys honored were seven Iowans who received recognition for their ...

The Iliad is a poem of violence, with many of the scores ... There is also the battle to protect nature, as Homeric heroes take on the role of eco-warriors in a physical environment threatened ...