It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie ... she was 95 years old and reportedly confined to bed. Hardly someone ...

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A 77-year-old woman was making the trek from Santa María ... Badr often asks Mary to intercede for her, and she composed a poem to Mary. “When I feel down,” Badr said, “I pray to God ...

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The family of a beloved 75-year-old aspiring Russian poet mourned ... One of the dead woman’s chilling poems, translated by her family, talks about the rapid pace of life.

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lyndsay Rush, the poet behind @maryoliversdrunkcousin on Instagram, on how she went from not liking poetry to publishing her debut book of poems, A BIT MUCH.

It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...