George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time.

Our long-distance relationship poems capture those emotions and ... Our love will keep on growing stronger. I live for the moment my dreams begin Because that's when I dream of you.

The poem describes a ramshackle living space, with its lack of 'straight lines' and beams 'balanced crookedly on supports'. Imtiaz Dharker has explained that the poem describes the slums of Mumbai ...

Adversity can spark creativity, which is the case for the Barney family, who lost their home near Flat Rock to a mudslide caused by Hurricane Helene.