Irish blessings are a beautiful, heartfelt way to let someone know you care. What better way to show how much you care than by sharing an Irish blessing? This Irish blessing, in particular, is one of ...

In this sound portrait, we meet poet Leslie Contreras Schwartz. She talks about being inspired by her older brother, how poetry helps her deal with chronic illness and her proudest moment. She reads ...

Editor's note: Fresh Ideas editor Amy Sessler Powell interviewed Marcia Falk about her book, "The Days Between: Blessings, Poems and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season" and her ...

Most of the selections in this short poetry collection are classics, some of which have been immortalized as Christmas carols. There's Martin Luther's "Away in a Manger," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's ...