Fridays are boring. Here are some reader-submitted poems based on CBS news articles. You're welcome. Find out how to submit your own poems here. Read more "Poem the News" poems here. Alright everyone, ...

We are the arms of Jesus. Embrace and support. Lift up and dry tears. Abrazos con amor. Sister Frances Cabrini Janvier is an elementary Spanish teacher at Nazareth Academy in Victoria, the oldest ...

I tried to think for half an hour About the face of earthly powers That would condemn a god to die. I listened for its menacing cackles, The crack of whips, the clank of shackles, And searched for ...

“The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” The kingdom is among you! The ...

At its best, poetry is like prayer; it is an act of contemplation. Delta Tears, a stunning new book of poetry by Philip C. Kolin about the Mississippi Delta and its tragic history, reads like the ...

On a whim, at age 23, Jesús Castillo bought a pack of index cards, and for the next two years carried a small stack of them wherever he went. The cards provided the form for a long serial poem called ...

Coffee shops are familiar dens for poetry, but Jesus Cortez prefers Rainbow Donuts in West Anaheim to discuss his verses after a long day of work. The doughnut dive is a staple of the working-class ...

new video loaded: Read T a Poem | Robin de Jesús transcript My mother hangs up the phone scrapes loose the tears prepares to tell me who is dying this time I speak no Spanish my mother is the ...