Poem: Most Valuable “You want to love fully, yet at the same time / you have to keep a measure of love / for ...
20 Creative (and Shame-Free) New Year’s Resolutions Sometimes we set ourselves up for failure by making promises we can’t keep or by initiating ...
Poem: American Persimmon “Some things are best / enjoyed alone. Some things can only be / enjoyed alone.”
Poem: Positivism “Hopeful as a pencil sharpened, / clear as one beam of light landing on the table’s far side.”
Poem: And That Mysterious Word Holy “What does that say about holy? / How much power it doesn’t have— / Thou shalt not kill crumpled ...
poem: BLACK WIDOW "Each time I turn a page, / my skin seems to shiver. / Each time I blink, / my lashes are spider ...
Featured Artist: Estée Preda S&H editor Ben Nussbaum talked with this issue’s featured artist, Estée Preda, about winters ...
After the Removal of 30 Types of Plants and Animals from the Junior Dictionary The author was inspired by the removal of words from the dictionary to make more room for ...
re/VIEW: Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye is a celebrated poet, anthologist, and novelist. S&H speaks with her about ...
Poem: from The Truth About Magic "let the water be weak / so our coffee is strong / so we can stay up late to dance."
Why Is It So Difficult to Be Happy? The mystic Osho talks about “happiness” and “misery,” and turns the conventional wisdom about ...
Poem: The Holler "I must write her a note of glad tidings / with tidbits of nostalgia instead of our grief"
