PLATTSBURGH, New York — A little boy’s poem is so powerful, it has inspired those who’ve read it, and it’s also brought people to tears. Benjamin Giroux, 10, has Asperger syndrome.

When 10-year-old Benjamin was given a school assignment to write a poem titled "I Am" — using 18 prewritten prompts such as "I see," "I hear," and "I feel" — he could have written just about ...

Daddy's Little Boy Billy Collins. HarperCollins, $14.99 ... Two-term Poet Laureate Collins offers up this compilation of poems from the chapbooks he published over the last 12 years.

LITTLE BOY By Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Lawrence Ferlinghetti celebrates his 100th birthday on March 24 with the publication of “Little Boy,” his life story told in flashes and arias. No one’s ...