The next series of blog posts will be an exploration of the poem DESIDERATA by Max Ehrmann, 1927. DESIDERATA: That which is to be desired….. GO PLACIDLY AMID THE NOISE AND HASTE, AND REMEMBER WHAT ...

Then in the 1960s and ’70s, “Desiderata” popped up on posters hung in college dorm rooms and home bathrooms around the world (although it erroneously was described as a work by an unknown author and ...

Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945) was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired").

The universe — the one surrounding Max Ehrmann’s poem “Desiderata” — is now unfolding as it should. With Thursday afternoon’s dedication of the statue and plaza honoring the late poet, the center of ...

I was ordained on April 1, 1970. That’s right! I was ordained on April Fools Day. Perhaps you can imagine the jokes and the teasing that simple fact has prompted. Clare and I were members of Crescent ...

Max Ehrmann’s bronze face may break into a grin soon. There is life after the 1960s and ’70s for his classic poem, “Desiderata,” and a 21st-century technology platform is about to prove it. The Terre ...

Irony is a powerful literary device. There’s plenty of it in the literal and figurative heart of Terre Haute right now. British author Tim Dalgleish traveled from his home in Litchborough, ...

Yasiin Bey, the artist formerly known as Mos Def, released a somber and moving speech through Stop Being Famous about the state of current events. “We are at a critical time,” he explains. “We are at ...