Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visitor pauses at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/J. David Ake, File Memorial Day, a national holiday to ...

Jay Hopler died last week. Illness streaks across this poem from his final collection — but also love. By Jay Hopler Selected by Victoria Chang I always remember these lines in Jay Hopler’s debut book ...

Stacey Tran’s writing process isn’t radically different than many of her contemporaries’. But she’s collaging words and phrases as a way to open new doors on meaning. And she does have ideas about ...

If you're struggling to find the right words to express your emotions after the passing of a loved one, don't worry. Many people feel the same way. Poems for memorials can be very helpful for they ...

“I’ve looked at pictures, slides my parents took afterwards, and remember how gray and cold and dreary England was in comparison to the vibrant colors of Africa,” said Mark Ford. Born in Nairobi, ...

The personal voice of Jack Myers (1941-2009) evokes tremendous life force in the conundrums of dying he contemplated in this final book. “After I am gone and the ache begins/to cease,” opens the title ...