Our thoughts may inspire us or tear us apart, Or they may win us money and fame! And the hardest thing that can be done with our thoughts, Is compress them and make them be tame. Some thoughts are ...

Over on his blog, poet Mark Doty recently reviewed a poem by former Mass Cultural Council Poetry Fellow Patrick Donnelly. Donnelly's poem, which appears in this past issue of The Gay & Lesbian Review, ...

In “Kyrie,” these sonnets published way back in 1995, before I knew poetry or prison, Ellen Bryant Voigt reminds us that there have been pandemics before. There has been that absurd accumulation of ...

Iris Murdoch, the formidable Irish and British novelist and philosopher, died in 1999. Since then, the Murdoch industry has ...

Thought of the day by Robert Frost focuses on work, time, effort, and leadership. The quote speaks about long working hours and responsibility. This explainer shares the thought of the day meaning and ...