I’m writing this column in the earliest days of another spring, and here’s a fine spring poem from Rose King’s book “Time and Peonies,” from Hummingbird Press. The poet lives in California. a man in a ...

Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, Caleb Femi and Penelope Lively to consider poetry, ambivalence and beauty, with the arrival of spring. Show more As a new season arrives, Ian McMillan and guests ...

In springtime, some people grow misty-eyed with allergies to pollen. The poet Lynne McMahon greets the season gladly, but with the recognition of the hay fever sufferer's fate at this coming time of ...

This week's poem, "Lines Written in Early Spring", has all the simplicity of diction advocated by the two radical young poets, Wordsworth and Coleridge, when they collaborated on Lyrical Ballads.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In early February, winter gray, Stretching sky high from the early morning earth, Begins again, slowly, to melt away. Slowly, invisibly almost. Too slight A pale to promise sun, much less rebirth. I ...

Inhale! Beauty surrounds us. Every moment is precious. We simply need to see, feel, and experience the wonder of life..

Writer Elizabeth-Jane Burnett brings together 400 voices for optimistic riposte to events of past year Some described chance encounters with birds and animals beginning to chirrup and scurry as the ...

As a new season arrives, Ian McMillan and guests consider ambivalence and beauty in writing about spring. This week Ian peers into the yellow heart of the daffodil to find out what makes a great ...