Before Lear could travel the globe—he became a ceaseless wanderer later in his career—he relied on the local zoo and private menageries for exotic subjects collected from far-off places. After the ...

RICHARD PURINTON This afternoon, skis carried me into A cathedral in snow. Motionless stumps, parishioners capped in white ...

Walter started reading poetry in eighth grade English class and ... writer or one who has spent months or years gathering the images needed to write a poem, the first advice you probably received ...