While those poets laid much of the groundwork for poetry, it’s important that we read the living and breathing contemporary poets creating work today. Poetry often invites us to explore the more ...

When did the journey of modern Tamil poetry begin: with the capturing of the “the present” by Bharathi in his free verses or ...

For those PYX students developing a collection of original poems during their course of study, the learning goals are: to develop student understanding of both contemporary poetry and literary ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the most celebrated Japanese modern poets who pushed the boundaries of the genre, died on Nov. 13. He was 92. While his poems have been translated into many foreign ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. To some contemporary writers, one might consider a shopping ...

It is just the result of a first encounter with a play that in spite of all its shortcomings is … an enrichment of our scanty stock of political contemporary poetry.” ...

My colleague, Arushi and I are young girls who are always up for exciting events. Hence, when we came across an event called Conversations being organised by Baatein, a poetry platform started by ...

At once haunted, sensual, explosive and intensely deliberate, this epic of intersectional identity is indispensable to contemporary poetry. The collection’s power is sourced both from the deep roots ...