Looking for inspirational poems around the holiday season? Canadian poet Virna Sheard delivers with the 1913 poem “Christmas,” which encourages adults to “be children also for to-day.” ...

including the history of the “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem, from its inspiration to its controversial authorship.

The Christmas poetry of John Betjeman, Raymond Briggs' 'Father Christmas' and the imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien offer writerly inspiration. Including the voices of John Cooper Clarke, J.R.R ...