For all the incredible gifts of the English language, it also possesses real limitations. It might be because of this that we often rely on poetry often to experiences like love, heartbreak, a baby’s smile, and morning sunshine on dewdrops....

While many experienced the beauty of snowfall during the holidays, parts of New Hampshire where I was visiting my wife’s family encountered ice. I was struck by sights of tree buds covered in ice as we walked our dog Sutro in the woods....