Born Again

Well then, it’s settled. There will be no death for you who have accepted fiction over fact and value culture over the cultivation of knowledge— which will go on separating the wheat from the chaff,... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: “Plant Me in the Soil” by AshlieRene Gonzales

This week’s poem is by AshlieRene Gonzalez, a twenty-four-year-old, Oregon-based international traveler, photographer and cinematographer. Her lucid poetry and writing, frequently paired with imagery, is a truthful reflection of a twenty-first century freethinker, living in,... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: “Creed” by Daniel Thomas Moran

This week’s poem is by Daniel Thomas Moran, TheHumanist.com poetry editor, retired dentist and Boston University Assistant Professor, former Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, New York and the author of seven collections of poetry. He... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: Old Man

This week’s poem is by Chris Roe. Roe is 66 years old and lives in Norfolk, England. His poetry has been published in magazines and websites around the world. In 2008 he published a collection... Read More
The Skeletons of Dreams

He found giants in the earth: Mastodon, Mylodon, thigh bones like tree trunks, Megatherium, skull big as boulders—once, in this savage country, treetops trembled at their passing. But their passing was silent as snails, silent... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: It Crawled From the Swamp (Inspired by Twas the Night Before Christmas)

This week’s poem is by Andrew Norman. Norman teaches philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University and writes and speaks about the philosophical foundations of humanism. His work has appeared in Free Inquiry, The Philosophical Quarterly, History... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: The Bravest One I Know

This week’s poem is by prolific poet Philip Appleman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University-Bloomington. He has published eight volumes of poetry, three novels, and half a dozen nonfiction books, including the widely used Norton... Read More