A sampling of poems for young and old, featuring unexpected love stories, astronomer Cecilia Payne, Jack and the Beanstalk's little sister, Billy Collins, a little bit of Jane Austen, and more:
A Rainy Evening with Turn Signal, by Windshield Wiper
Pets in the Kitchen, a haiku series
Ten Things Found in a Mermaid's Pocket
After the Feats of Wonder, an ekphrastic poem
Imaginary Billy and I Discuss the Founding Documents
At the Division of Poetic Licensing