Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail. SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest day ...

For National Poetry Month, Oregon's poet laureate is bringing "the electric illumination of our collective human experience" directly to the public with a daily poetry hotline. If you need a little ...

Poem-a-Day subscribes about 300,000 readers, according to Walton. "It is a big deal for poets in general, and for me specifically," he said. "It's an honor to be recognized by the Academy." The ...