is accepting poems for the 2nd annual children’s pet-poetry contest, part of their Pets Add Life campaign. Third, fourth and fifth-grade students are invited to write an original poem about their pets ...

The deadline is approaching for the Pets Add Life children’s poetry contest. Kids in grades 3-8 have until Feb. 28 to submit a poem about a pet and the joys that pet brings. Six winners, one for each ...

April marks the 13th anniversary of National Poetry Month. To help celebrate, budding Emily Dickinsons and Edgar Allan Poes are encouraged to participate in the second annual "Paws for Poetry" Contest ...

One thing that's nice about having pets, they give you unconditional love. But how might they think about you if they could speak for themselves? Poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander is asking you to ...

DEAR ANNIE: Several years ago, you printed a piece from a reverend about a dog who had died. My own precious Poochie died yesterday after being hit by a car. I am having a hard time. I miss him so ...

We inadvertently reveal ourselves in our writing, possibly more so in the case of poetry than any other genre. It can be both alarming and enlightening to see preoccupations leap out from between the ...

On a horrible day this past August, my cattle dog, Annie Oakley Tater Tot, died of liver failure. She was only 9, seemed perfectly fine on a Friday night, and was dead by Tuesday afternoon. When I ...