Today is Flag Day. So here is a poem about it, thanks to Kirby Brandhagen, Cavalier, N.D., who sent it to “Neighbors.” Note that the conclusion refers to the “new president.” When Kirby ...

The poem I had wanted to see that day was Victor Hugo’s “J’ai cueilli cette fleur pour toi sur la colline”, which roughly translates as “I picked this flower for you on the hill”.

A poem for Flag Day In today's "Neighbors" column, a reader shares "A Flag for All Seasons" with columnist Bob Lind. Bob Lind, Neighbors columnist. The Forum. By Bob Lind. June 14, 2021 at 5:00 AM.

For the rest of us, it seems likely that penning a poem won't do any harm and might be some help. Elegy for a Loss. Back in 1982, the first piece of writing I ever sold was a poem called "The ...

From that day forward, each morning I read a poem. Even with a crazed daily docket, I can manage a minute or two for the words, reading while waiting for the bread to toast, sitting in a school ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...

PRICHEP: And to notice the poems that are there for us to find every day. For NPR News, I'm Deena Prichep in Portland, Ore. SHAPIRO: And if you'd like to hear today's poem, the hotline number is ...

Today’s Poem of the Day continues the Sun’s week-long commemoration of the 1923 publication of Robert Frost’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning “New Hampshire.” The 24th poem in the collection, “For Once, Then, ...

A poem that makes you wonder: ... A New Day Dawns. By Nikky Finney. On the occasion of the Confederate flag falling in South Carolina, July 10, 2015. It is the pearl-blue peep of day.