LITTLE POEMS (Everyman’s Library, $18), a new anthology edited by Michael Hennessy, provides a history of short poems since antiquity, from Sappho to Ocean Vuong, a lovely pocket-size volume ...

He was particularly expert on two kinds of poems — really short ones and really long ones. Here’s “Beautiful Woman,” a great example of the former from his 1996 collection “Brink Road”: ...

Short poems take center stage in former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins' new collection, Musical Tables. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the poet about his work and finding beauty in a couple of lines.

This short and sweet poem about friendship by John Keats is like a breath of fresh air in a world of cheesy roses are red poems. ... You to be kind, to open up your heart a little more, I’m sure ...

30 Short Poems That'll Help You Read More Poetry This Year. 40 Best Christmas Books for Kids to Read This Holiday Season. ... be kind to whomever we meet and appreciate what we have while we can. ...

Jennifer Jurlando’s poems blend righteous anger, ancestral memory, and radical self-acceptance. From feminist reclamation in ...

More than 4,500 students in 12 school districts are participating in a Kindness Campaign. ... Kindness starts with you and me," one student said, reading his kindness poem out loud.