This week we’re pleased to publish a poem by Harold Saferstein, who parodies the poem “Little Orphan Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley. Harold received his M.D. from the University of Illinois and completed his dermatology... Read More

HNN’s very own poetry editor Daniel Thomas Moran was the featured poet for Boston’s Sunday Assembly, part of a 40 dates tour hosted by musician Pippa Evans and comedian Sanderson Jones. The Sunday Assembly is... Read More

This week’s poem is by Neil Doherty. Neil is an economist and Professor Emeritus from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has recently moved cross country to Bainbridge Island where he indulges... Read More

I’d like to sit down next to the old man on the bench in the shopping mall— the one judging the crowd as he waits for his wife to return with an armload of packages.... Read More

This week’s poem is by HNN’s Poetry Editor Daniel Thomas Moran. He is a retired dentist and Boston University Assistant Professor, former Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, New York and the author of seven collections... Read More

This week’s poem “October Spring” is by humanist poet Philip Appleman. Philip D. Appleman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University-Bloomington. He has published eight volumes of poetry, three novels, and half a dozen nonfiction... Read More

Science Versus Religion To understand everything, all you need is 10 numbers and 26 letters which is accurate to the exact extent that every lie has access to that same truth.   Parable of Food... Read More