Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — Celebrate rhyme and verse, metaphors and emotions in local events honoring National Poetry Month.

So bring some literary festivity to your handwritten Christmas cards, or add another fun activity to your family’s Christmas traditions, by reading these poems together over hot cocoa by the fire.

A group or individual poem about your family, an aspect of your family or why they are important to you You can submit a poem in written form or as an audio or video clip that is one-minute or less. A ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...

His metaphor certainly encompasses this new canon, but it also describes an ongoing tradition. Poetry has always assembled ... she was violently expelled from her family and community.

In a poem, counterintuitively, compression creates expansion. A single image or metaphor opens up into a ... It feels like magic. One of our family mottos is “Risk it all.” ...

We also know that some illnesses, such as alcohol use disorder or depression, have a genetic basis, but environmental and personality factors play a significant role in whether family ...