Imagine a place where the aroma of slow-smoked meats wafts through the air, drawing you in like a cartoon character floating towards a pie on a windowsill. That’s Little Miss BBQ-Sunnyslope in Phoenix ...

It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

So begins a poem, titled “The Cowboy,” about a real-life folk hero of sorts: Ben Ellingson, the 5-year-old who helped find ...

But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is something special going on. You see? That's the secret of an acrostic. The first letter of each line spells out the word STAR.

The first, second and fifth lines of a limerick rhyme. The same goes for the third and fourth lines.