An ode is a poem that is written for a special occasion or about a particular subject-filled with noble sentiment and enthusiastic emotion. Community members are invited to submit their best “Ode to ...

More than 10 Decembers have passed since Tom Gregory wrote a Christmas poem for his daughter, Madison. She was just a toddler at the time, but he recognized in her a creative streak he wanted to ...

After her school district went on lockdown during the Santa Clarita school shooting last week, a high school senior put her feelings into words. “I don’t want to live with this fear on my chest,” ...

This poem was written by Clement Clarke Moore, which he named “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” and was published for the first time on Dec. 23, 1823, by an upstate New York newspaper. Clement Clarke Moore ...

This Christmas garden poem was written for this column more than 30 years ago. It is still the most requested encore of any column I have written and as a gift to my readers I grant copyright ...

After her school district went on lockdown during the Santa Clarita school shooting last week, a high school senior put her feelings into words. “I don’t want to live with this fear on my chest,” ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Santa arrived via horse-drawn carriage in Port Townsend on Saturday to the cheers of about 200 people gathered around Haller Fountain at the end of Taylor Street for the annual ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.– Former Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Emerita Sojourner Kincaid Rolle receives national recognition for her illustrated children's book "Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem".

There's a disturbing little piece of information running around of late indicating Santa's reindeer are all female. Apparently both genders grow antlers, but the males drop theirs well before ...