Multiple members of the extended Hope College community have work included in “Poetry in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry,” an anthology co-edited by Jack Ridl, professor emeritus of English. The 203-page, ...

Poetry is language under pressure, a way of juicing words of their meaning. It is a way of rediscovering the hauntedness of sound and rhythm, of recovering the intent behind our reflexive ...

Where shall we start the new year with but Hope? The earth is crying out for it. Where shall we look for it? In this poem, hope comes from a surprising source: we can only have it when we quit ...

The Spring 2020 issue of the Innisfree Poetry Journal is highlighting the poetry and career of Jack Ridl, professor emeritus of English at Hope College. Published since 2005, the biannual online ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- Cynthia Phipps has been writing poems since she was a child, but she rarely shared them beyond her family. But then the firestorm happened, and she decided to post some of ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Ishmael Hope spent six years putting together his first collection of poetry, "Courtesans of Flounder Hill," a period of time in which the manuscript went through many changes - as ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Ishmael Hope spent six years putting together his first collection of poetry, “Courtesans of Flounder Hill,” a period of time in which the manuscript went through many changes - ...