When words are all we have, poetry becomes a lifeline that brings us closer to understanding ourselves and each other. Here ...

Friends or family members, including those who are caring for the person, can also be in denial and find a dementia diagnosis difficult to accept. It is not only people with dementia who may not ...

In a 1930 letter, Robert Frost stated his priorities as memorably — which, for Frost, meant as mischievously — as possible: ...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may have a better right than any other state to call itself “the poetry state.” Celebrated poets from Emily Dickinson and Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elizabeth Bishop and ...

In our new column, Split Gums, Maren Logan reflects on the experience of coming of age and realizing you know way less about ...

("Dependent on others" means that the child needs much more help for their personal needs and care compared to children of the same age.) ...

Friends are the family we choose, and if you ask us, it’s always a good idea to say just how much they mean to you. One of the best occasions to celebrate a good friend is on their birthday. The ...

Ethos, values, attitudes and behaviours of leaders and care staff ensure people using services lead confident, inclusive and empowered lives Autistic people and people with a learning disability are ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

As a religion scholar, however, I believe one of the greatest loves in the Bible is a story of friendship: the intense devotion between the warrior Jonathan and David, who later became king of Israel ...

A series of Sabet's poems written inside Evin prison in 2017 earned her the International Writer of Courage award by PEN International. Fellow poet Michael Longley described the imprisonment as a ...