DEAR MISS MANNERS: An acquaintance of mine has taken to writing poetry. It’s awful: full of unnecessarily obscure words, commonplace observations presented as profundities, tedious self-ruminations, ...

BOSTON - There's a new poet in town. Boston's new Youth Poet Laureate is Parker-Vincent Alva. "I think it's so powerful. It's really writing diluted down to its most emotional," the Boston Latin ...

As self-proclaimed president and vocal advocate for the “I Hate Poetry Club,” I wasn’t entirely sure why I was hunched over a computer in the Fishbowl, mumbling 24 lines of impassioned Shakespeare to ...

There’s a great line in the film The Big Short, “Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.” After the film, thinking about why poetry so gets so little love and so much hate I googled ...

Let me begin my first column of the new year with an announcement: I was selected to be the next poet laureate of Bethel. This makes me a little nervous, because although Cortney Davis, the laureate ...

This is the fifth in a monthly series by Dave Lucas, the Poet Laureate of the State of Ohio. You can read the September Installment, (No. 1), here; the October ...

Do you hate poetry? I understand. There are few things more excruciating than sitting through a dull poetry reading as your life flashes before your eyes and a stranger’s gently quavering voice is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

North Ridgeville Honors ELA teacher Kelly Koehler expressed her pride in her students’ achievements. “I couldn’t be prouder of these incredible kids,” she said. “Through their writing, they’ve not ...