The American poet Yvor Winters (1900–1968) considered “Church Monuments,” by George Herbert (1593–1633), to be not only Herbert’s finest poem, but one of the greatest poems in the English language.

What is it about life’s big and little moments that calls for a poem? At weddings. At funerals. On greeting cards. In church. On the radio. At moments of great happiness or deep sadness. At beginnings ...

Spoken word artist, poet and songstress Ursula Rucker of Germantown delivered selected epic poems at her home church last Sunday, Feb. 1. After the morning Mass at the St. Vincent’s Catholic Church, ...