Every good motive is “Spirit-impelled, God-given to us,” and therefore right here for us to put in action, as this poem expresses.

McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his relentless ...

Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns ...

Its garden is the poem’s otherworld—based on the ancient geocentric cosmos and Christian eschatology—and its toads ...

We just celebrated Epiphany in the Christian Church calendar. This is the Biblical story of the Magi, or Wise Men, who follow a star to seek a foreign savior in a foreign place. It’s a story of light ...

A "leaked photo of heaven" has been going mega viral on social media this week. The purported photo shows a half-baked and architecturally unsound city, seemingly carved into a chalky material and ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

Numerous social media accounts today are noting that Just Like Heaven, the Los Angeles festival focused on blog-era indie rock nostalgia, has posted its 2025 lineup on a billboard in LA ...

From Elon Musk to Jordan Peterson, a certain strand of conservatism has recruited the poetry of Homer and Dante ... by the heroic Son and cast out of Heaven. To read Paradise Lost is to see ...

Watson (knee) didn't practice Wednesday. Watson hasn't practiced since suffering a left knee bruise in the Packers' Week 16 win over the Saints, but he was listed as questionable ahead of this ...