All Natalia has for Valentine's Day is the grave of her husband, Vassyl, a Ukrainian soldier killed at the front and now buried in the western city of Lviv. That and a purple book of poems she ...

Xenia High School senior Houda Loukssi recently competed in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals held in Columbus. As one of Ohio ...

Following his Oscar-winning feature film Oppenheimer (2024) which swept the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Actor, ...

Roses are red, violets are blue, if skunks had a college they’d call it P U.” Not exactly a love poem but it does remind me of catchy poems found on St. Valentine’s Day candy and cards. Valentine’s ...

This is my reading of the poem commonly known as Twas the Night Before Christmas. Toyota has upgraded the regular car too, ...

Kids haven't experienced true holiday magic until the first time they hear A Visit from St. Nicholas. That long-form poem ...

"I feel like I'm sharing an aspect of his life that people don't know," Lutzweiler said of the 39th president who died in ...

I was scared speechless,” said a friend recounting a harrowing experience. No one could be that scared, I thought. Until I ...

For Christians, Christmas marks the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God, the King of kings. It may be hard to believe, but the celebration of Christmas was hit and miss in the American colonies.

We continue a tradition this year by reprinting a holiday classic in our Christmas edition of the Independent Review. The following letter and editorial response appeared in ...

PETER QUINN The last time I saw Brendan was in Burke Rehabilitation hospital shortly after Christmas. He’d been hospitalized since August. We ...