I watch her in that crosswalk every day, Her stride, the way she swings her hair. Her strong eyes track up this way And challenge. She surprises me in class. Now, I contemplate, I do,... Read More

April is National Poetry Month! This week we’re featuring the beloved humanist poet, Philip Appleman. Philip Appleman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University-Bloomington. He has published eight volumes of poetry, three novels, and half... Read More

In celebration of Valentine’s Day and Darwin Day next week, we are featuring a poem by Daniel Thomas Moran, the poetry editor for Humanist Network News. Daniel Thomas Moran served as Poet Laureate of Suffolk... Read More

On the Death of a Soldier Make no mistake: he is dead. He does not sleep. There is no whisper in his brain. There is nothing in his chemistry that can say, “I am cold.”... Read More

If I were not a “devout” atheist, I would have to proclaim, “Thank God for Philip Appleman!” Appleman’s name is familiar to many who have been involved, to one degree or another, in the secular... Read More

LAST BISON GONE Ours is the curse of the blighted touch that wilts every green shoot and flower we mean to admire, keep, re-create or improve. New Zealand’s huia bird, prized for her scimitar beak... Read More

Background chatter, the chink of spoons on china, music piped in. Outside, the sky a medley of soaring birds, on the streets people walking to work, sun shining through the window on my face.I’ve been... Read More