Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a dream poem.

The snowbirds are fleeing South to endless summer, Florida, Arizona, Mexico, the Caribbean. Some of us actually like winter.

uncanny effect that art (especially music or poetry) can have on us, deranging our senses and disordering our consciousness. This is how it starts: Singest of summer in full-throated ease.

Summer, with its long days and warm evenings, is all about relaxing and enjoying life outdoors. If you can’t wait until the summer solstice (June 21) to revel in warmer weather above the equator, here ...