The pandemic has been a time of stress for people everywhere. And Poetry Heals has reached out with ways for people to express in writing how they’re feeling, for them to know that’s OK. During this ...

Writing a character in a novel is a mystery to me. But a poem? A character in a poem has no deus ex machina in the last line. The poet is left at the end of a poem with an ambitious question: Was it ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- The objects scattered across the table at 15 Place in downtown Mobile were mostly a collection of objects pulled from the discard pile of life: a cheap yo-yo, a scuffed heart-shaped ...

Nilsa Curet thought it was a joke when she was asked if she wanted to join a poetry workshop. The single mother of seven children was homeless, living in a welfare hotel after being burned out of her ...

What: A publication party and reading from "Finding Voice: Poetry and Portraits From 2100 Lakeside Emergency Men's Shelter — A Program of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry." When: 5:30 p.m. today. Where: ...

Michael Gaulden first learned what it was like to be homeless when he was 7 years old, doing his homework under streetlights at night and living in homeless shelters with his mother and sister. “I was ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A group of Los Angeles area high school students are using their artistic talents to help homeless children. They were inspired when they saw the staggering statistics of ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. This Wednesday, Julian Sands will channel a spirit. The British actor, ...