National Catholic Register

Great Christian Poems Teach Priceless Lessons About Life

I recently taught a short six-class course for Homeschool Connections on “Poems Every Catholic Should Know.” The text for the course was my book of the same title, which is an anthology of Christian ...
National Catholic Reporter

Diverse Christian poets supply National Poetry Month reading for questing spirits

Christian Poetry in America Since 1940: An Anthology, edited by Micah Mattix and Sally Thomas, calls to mind the old quote attributed to Mark Twain, "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." As ...
The Christian Century

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry (5 volumes)

This encyclopedia provides a surprisingly complete collection of entries on American poetry and poets from the early colonial to the contemporary era. Included are both major and lesser-known poets ...
The Christian Century

What does poetry do?

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...
Odessa American

First Odessa Christian Academy’s first annual poetry book release

Parents of First Odessa Christian Academy’s students read their children’s first poetry books at First Odessa Christian Academy’s first annual poetry book release for third and fourth graders at ...