The complete online text of Poems by Denis Florence MacCarthy.

Michael and Carl Lund grew up in a house with a priceless document on a hall wall: an unpublished poem by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Carlos Williams.The poem, "About a Little Girl," is slightly yellowed and is in the same frame that their mother put...

Printed part way down page 3 of the Troy Sentinel on Dec. 23, 1823, it was easy to miss.Between beekeeping tips and a wedding announcement was a seasonal poem. Submitted anonymously, the poem charmed editors who published it anyway. It started like this:"'Twas the night...

A Myanmar poet known for his odes to love was arrested after penning a Valentine's Day poem that carried a hidden message criticizing the leader of the country's military junta, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, colleagues said Thursday.The poet, Saw Wai, was arrested Tuesday, a day...

The name "Beowulf" alone surely will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread.Never fear. This 3-D animated "Beowulf" is more like "300," only with more violence, if that's possible. And nudity — lots and lots of nudity.Director Robert Zemeckis, using the...