The English guitarist, songwriter, and song interpreter Jim Ghedi came to folk music through a side door. He grew up playing ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Write an ode to misfits. A poem of praise for those who don’t belong here or there. A lyric ballad for the children of ...

Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about ...