She expressed herself through poetry, writing me sweet notes that she would tuck into my desk or leave on my chair. These ...

And when asked why he wrote an autobiography in his 90s, the poet said he ‘wanted to open [his] heart, all [his] ...

Ephriam David Tyler, the namesake of Ephriam in the Old Testament, became a deacon at Evergreen Baptist Church and a member of Israel Lodge No. 138. And by the time he died in 1969, he had secured a ...

Shel Silverstein was a master of linguistic mischief, using repetition and creative wordplay to amuse and prepare kids for ...

It was when I didn’t recognise my own child that I realised something was seriously wrong, writes Jenny Pagdin – and this is ...

As far as deathbed scenes go, my mother's wouldn't tug on many heartstrings. Her last words were: 'Shut up!' I laughed; not ...

“That we are living in the Valley of the Poets, and it is North Andover for Ann Bradstreet, John Greenleaf Whittier for ...