Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about ...

In 1989, musician and storyteller Mark Staples wrote this poem about Butte at the request of Jenean Salle Kujawa, who was a ...