What follows is a gift of Christmas verse to lighten the heart and enlighten the mind.

Boost your Christmas spirit with Christmas-themed poetry that will tickle your funny bone.

“American Christmas,” first published in 1965, includes both classic and nearly unknown works, and widens a reader’s sense of what the holiday might mean.

These holiday poems will get you in the Christmas spirit and have you chuckling in no time. Check out these funny Christmas poems right here—they're perfect for kids and adults alike. Laugh till ...

Reading poetry on Christmas might not be a widespread tradition, but maybe it should be.

The poem, called "The Patent" and written in memory of the poet Michael Donaghy, who died two years ago, is a kind of manifesto, offering light as a metaphor for poetry which is accessible and ...

The most oft-recited Christmas poem is probably Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” which set the standard for the classic American Santa Claus goodie-drop as we’ve come to ...

Christmas, more than any other holiday in the Christian calendar, seems to spark the poetic impulse -- an impulse that began, as the Episcopal priest, professor, and poet Chad Walsh remarked some ...

Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem, Maya Angelou Any Maya Angelou writing can have a warming effect on a reader, and she shines on Christmas poetry.

For two hours, the 11 people seated for lunch in the Pope Room at Buca di Beppo restaurant in Northwest silenced their cellphones and stowed their BlackBerries. They quit talking about politics ...

One of my favorite collections of poetry is his 2015 book “ Waiting on the Word,” which focuses in part on Advent, a Christian liturgical season that begins four Sundays before Christmas.