Jan. 21, 2013 -- Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read his poem "One Today" at the swearing-in ceremony for President Obama.Here is the full text of the poem as written. "One Today" One sun rose on ...

With “Poem of the Day,” The New York Sun offers a daily portion of verse selected by Joseph Bottum with the help of the North Carolina poet Sally Thomas, the Sun’s associate poetry editor. Tied to the ...

In today’s Poem of the Day, however, Sally Thomas (b. 1964), takes up the other aspect of the festival, for Twelfth Night and Epiphany are also the end of the joyous Christmas season. Ms. Thomas is ...

Editor's note: Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day (#PoemInYourPocket), a day to celebrate poets and poetry. We encourage you to celebrate National Poetry Month by clipping out or printing out this ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

Today, December 21, is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. COOPER: (Reading) They lighted candles in the winter trees. They hung their homes with evergreen.