This April 22 marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. The power of those 20 million voices that came out on the streets that first Earth Day led the United States to create the Environmental ...

What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of ...

Harper’s upbeat poem celebrates spring, the beauty of nature, and the joy of renewal. In contrast to many of her poems that address the social and political issues of her time, this one conveys a ...

Kipling eventually cuts to the chase and tells us about the awards we can look forward to if we do as he says: “Yours is the ...

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state poem of the ...

Teaching our kids about the planet, its resources, and how to appreciate and protect them is one of the most important t ...

From group cleanups and tree plantings to animal encounters, find festivities on the Peninsula all April long.

Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa, a chunk of rock the size of a car hurtles through space on a collision course with our ...

We're born to die, but we're still shocked when You, Lord, call 'kin' home. Our neighbor left, her kids were shocked, no more on earth she'll roam. Another chap lost his sweet wife, no 'kin' are even ...

Jean Prokott—a decade-long Century High School English teacher, the city’s third Poet Laureate, a recent recipient of a $50K ...

A new anthology edited by US poet laureate Ada Limón invites us into the natural world.

April 22nd will mark the fifty-fifth anniversary of Earth Day. The power of those 20 million voices that came out on the streets that first Earth Day led the U.S. to create the EPA and the first ...