When teaching children to read, it’s good to find ways to make reading as enjoyable as possible, that’s why we created a list of 10 short inspirational poems for children. Just like every painting in ...

A William Stafford centennial volume. "I know of no other twentieth-century American writer as much admired and respected as William Stafford," avers Ted Kooser on the front cover of this slim volume.

Jeeja Ghosh Nag doesn’t remember a time when poetry was not a part of her life. Having grown up listening to her mother read out Rabindranath Tagore’s poems like bedtime stories, the influence of the ...

National Poetry Day is a celebration of odes, haiku, sonnets and all other kinds of poetry in between. The annual event, which happens every October 6, is a great excuse to read a new verse or ...

Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) (Picture: Getty) Today is World Poetry Day, which celebrates the power of written and spoken expression. UNESCO are seeking to ...

Is this the consequence of an overly optimistic disposition or is poetry everywhere in recent times? Devotees of Breaking Bad will be aware of the pivotal part Walt Whitman plays in the series. In the ...

FOR the last century, serious poetry has been largely secular. Literary types see religion as something literature has gotten over. Poets who fail to vanquish any Christian spirituality beyond what is ...