Delve into the world of poetry with teachers, exploring metaphors, teaching methods, and fostering a love for verse.

Perundevi, in conversation with Bogan Sankar on “How Modern is Modern Tamil Poetry?” at The Hindu Lit for Life 2025, touched upon the emergence of modernism.

One of our country’s best-loved contemporary poets, Wendy Cope offers a series of joyous, quick-witted and emotionally revelatory reflections on love and life in The Orange. A reaffirming ...

No one wants to be last in any competition. Right? Only about 20% of people are concerned about being the winner or loser.

A new map is being drawn, and 100 contemporary world poets are taking over. However, the qualifier ‘world’ in the book’s subtitle baffles me as a critic and a poet. Anyone can have their own ...

Frank O’Hara’s poetry is almost entirely autobiographical, so we get to know New York through his highly personal ...

A new English course at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts takes a look at Taylor Swift's lyrics and compares ...

Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves that not all expressions of love fit the stereotypes of ...

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my ...

From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year ...

There are critics who say to readers: ‘Poetry is dead. Prose is driving it out of our modern world.’ To say any of these things you must, of course, believe that poetry is merely another way ...