In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments and a clutch of myth-inflected reveries.

Dear Readers: Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood.

Through every poem that I write, I have become the narrator of my own story, redefining and cementing an 'American Dream' that's inclusive of me.

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Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading multiple translations makes an implicit case for celebrating abundance and variety.

“Ross Gay is interested in joy,” and he’s back with another essay collection focused on action and what it means to create and share joy.

Author, poet, and philosopher David Whyte believes in poetry. Specifically, he believes in its ability to rekindle emotions often buried or denied — from anguish and death, to joy and wonderment.

To Tagore, the obligation of the parental generation was to give them happiness. According to him freedom and joy were the sine qua non of education, and these were also the motto of his school.

Dear Readers: Below are some of my favorite poems about spring and joy and the innocence and beauty of childhood.