In 1926, Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982) published a poem he called “Ars Poetica” (an updating, he thought, of Horace’s ancient Roman “art of poetry”). Composing a manifesto for the Imagism of the time ...

The nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence tells a playful story about royalty, surprise, and curiosity. The rhyme tells us a story about a funny little word with a king, queen, and some birds hiding ...

Sing a Song of Sixpence: A Pocketful of Nursery Rhymes and Tales by Jane Chapman delivers familiar verse and stories from ""Jack and Jill"" to ""The Three Little Pigs."" And although less cheerful ...

SEVERAL years ago while living at Papeete, the capital of Tahiti in French Oceania, I found myself so low in funds that it seemed the part of wisdom to retire for a time to one of the remote ...

Wee Willie Winkie -- Polly Flinders -- Mary had a little lamb -- See-saw Margery Daw -- Sing a song of sixpence -- Jack Sprat could eat no fat -- There was a little girl -- Simple Simon -- Polly put ...

Sesame School Random House launches the Sesame Beginnings series, a line of board books designed to teach pre-literacy skills to babies and toddlers. The books are leveled 1-5 to correspond to ...