Trick and Treat: This Poem is Viral Because it's Both Sad and Happy. Edited by: Amrita Kohli; Offbeat; Jul 29, 2015 12:42 pm IST. Published On Jul 28, 2015 17:37 pm IST.

When I’m performing a poem, I like to think about the tone of the poem. Is it a happy poem or a sad poem? ... Joseph Coelho looks at how poems make you feel and what they mean to you.

Happy 140th birthday, Robert Frost — you're totally misunderstood. But most people don't realize the great American poet was being ironic when he famously wrote that taking the road less ...

Michael Rosen’s stories for life: The happy, silly, and sad. Outlook. Generations of children have been captivated by Michael Rosen’s joyful poems, ...

Michael Stipe is serious. Too serious? That may have been the perception in 1991, but anyone paying attention was already aware of R.E.M.’s dark wit. On “It’s the End of the World as We Know ...

In Laura Sims’s “Looker,” a Sad Voyeur Mistakes Her Own Life for a Poem. By Katy Waldman. ... promises elasticity and attunement in a time in which meanings don’t stay still.