poetry

On this edition of Michigan Writers on the Air, writers Jerry Dennis, Janet Borgerson, Jonathan Schroeder, Felda Brown and Alison Swan share their thoughts on subjects including northern Michigan's environment, music of the 1950 and poetry.

The Moon comes to perigee, or closest to the Earth, in every cycle, but only once each year will it come to Full Phase while it's at perigee. The several Moon's leading up to the closest Full Moon are commonly referred to as "super Moons," like this month's Strawberry Moon June 14.

The poetry of the morning sky is undeniable this week, as the Moon descends through the dawn in the spectacular company of Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

Today on Stateside , a Saginaw case led to a federal appeals court ruling that chalking tires to track how long a car has been parked is...

Marty Achatz was more than a little surprised to be nominated as the Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate for a second time."I was absolutely flabbergasted," he…

Cal Freeman’s newest collection of poems, Fight Songs , has nothing to do with ‘The Victors’ or ‘Victory for MSU.’ Instead, his poems are about unsung,...

The "Oxford Junior Dictionary" is aimed at kids seven and up. It’s not meant to be a comprehensive book – that’s why it has a limited space for word…

"Poetry is good food." That's the lesson award-winning writer Peter Markus has been teaching to kids in Detroit for years. He taught creative writing in...

The "Oxford Junior Dictionary" is aimed at kids seven and up. It’s not meant to be a comprehensive book – that’s why it has a limited space for word…

Keith Taylor is a naturalist as well as a poet. Every summer, he spends several weeks at the University of Michigan’s Biological Station. The poems in...