A University of Virginia poetry professor says the reason might be a simple matter of taste. “We all want very different things from verse,” said Lisa Russ Spaar, a professor of English and creative ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — the Mona Lisa is the story of a woman’s smile; the ceiling of the Sistine ...

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment ... how to follow the seasons and migration patterns are the reasons why our ancestors survived to have us — and so we’re hardwired ...

It is a work of sensual lyric poetry that portrays scenes of actual and imagined trysts between the poem’s female protagonist and her lover. Graphic descriptions of both male and female bodies pervade ...

However, my feelings have changed since I became a hospice nurse 4.5 years ago. Let me explain why. My nursing journey began at Vibra Hospital of Fargo in Fargo, North Dakota, where I worked for 2.5 ...

By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include ... “We Do Not Part,” delves into why atrocities must be remembered. A ‘Renaissance’ in African Publishing ...

Dear Annie: I grew up with a mother who was an abusive alcoholic and drug addict. She also struggled with anorexia and severe mental illness, which made my childhood incredibly painful and traumatic.

"There are other reasons why, unfortunately, surgeries are cancelled. And that could be due to a nursing shortage or beds that are not available. Sick calls, sometimes even equipment that is ...

Nurse practitioner is the No. 1 job for 2025, the second year it achieved that ranking. Nurse practitioners have a strong career outlook, with job growth projected to increase by 46% by 2033. The ...

Thomas Merton expressed this vision in his poetry, novels, essays ... Such is the awakening of one man, one morning, at the voice of a nurse in the hospital. Awakening out of languor and darkness, out ...