poetry

Literally. Because what’s better than some good, soul-stirring poetry? Reading some good, soul-stirring poetry about birds—and nature—of course. The good…

The recent hubbub in the northeastern United States in terms of rare birds has been all about the Whiskered Tern…

Steve Leddy is a business writer and editor, based at various times in London, Dublin, and Paris and once even…

A pre-dawn visit to the Shawangunk Grasslands in Ulster County, New York, on Thanksgiving morning was well worth the long…

The grackle is the ultimate American bird, adaptable, intrepid, and obstreperous. Ten species of these iridescent ebon irritants, most in…

William Blake, the 18th and 19th century English poet, painter and engraver, is most remembered for his two linked collections…

Nothing is quite as much of a downer to a birder than the summer doldrums. Migration hasn’t really kicked in,…

Here we are immersed in the fullness of May. I wonder how many recognize just how special this time of…

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the most popular American poet during the nineteenth century though as the years have passed his…

Wallace Stevens’ “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” is a marvel of modernist poetry. It is only 246 words…