Some of the best poets of spring are masters of the minor key. So it's no surprise that the famously dour Philip Larkin wrote two of the finest... Springtime is the season of renewal, but it can also ...

A year after asking readers to reflect on the coronavirus pandemic for KidsPost’s annual poetry contest, we decided that a more uplifting theme is in order this year. So we asked kids, ages 6 to 14, ...

Easter poems for kids are simple rhyming verses that celebrate Easter, springtime, the Easter Bunny, or the religious meaning of Easter in a way that’s easy for children to understand and maybe even ...

In springtime, some people grow misty-eyed with allergies to pollen. The poet Lynne McMahon greets the season gladly, but with the recognition of the hay fever sufferer's fate at this coming time of ...

DEAR READERS: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It is a time for new beginnings and fresh starts. It is a time when the flowers ...

It’s springtime in Alaska, getting lighter every day, as the tour boats and the charters motor out into the bay. But white stuff still surrounds us and we’re all just sick to death. We’ve been ...

I love our Irish language and often find myself reciting some of the beautiful poetry written in our native tongue as springtime nears. This month I always think of the Irish poet Antoine Ó Raifteirí.

Zhili Sun of China practices Tai Chi surrounded by blooming cherry blossoms near the Tidal Basin on March 15. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly When the history of the Great ...