Today’s lively graduation-week Poem of the Day, by our poetry editor, Joseph Bottum (b. 1959), author most recently of the poetry collection “Spending the Winter,” forms the third movement of a ...

The journey of life is a wild ride, especially when you have children. From watching them take their first steps to graduation, every moment fills you with pride. Share a few unique proud parents' ...

The title that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) chose for his 1875 graduation poem was “Morituri Salutamus” — derived from the ancient gladiators’ call, Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant: ...

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CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) – Famed Miami poet Richard Blanco inspired University of Miami graduates at the first of three commencement ceremonies Friday morning. Blanco gained national attention in ...

In her inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb", Amanda Gorman calls on Americans to "rebuild, reconcile, and recover in every known nook of our nation in every corner called our country." A Miami-Dade ...

Ava Gallucci’s graduation poem gave a voice to what every graduation-goer was surely thinking on their way to Lancaster Catholic High School Stadium: Man, is this parking lot rough. Much like the ...