“The ocean has lost her baby teeth. They’re shells upon the shore. And every day she grows new teeth. Each night she loses more.

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

Billie Nardozzi writes poems every week for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It's for love, not money: He pays for the privilege of getting them into print. Photo: James R. Hagerty/The Wall Street Journal ...

A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse. By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit ...