allow everything to stay there. even seemed to have nothing of substance. And the broken mirror. Shattered with pieces lying all over the floor. Say goodbye to it. And shut that door forever. Elena ...

In her new collection, 'Towards a Retreat,' she examines foundational experiences and extols the natural world as refuge.

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium -- the internet.

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...