This famous Bengali poem reflects the fleeting nature of life and love. The boat is often interpreted as a symbol of opportunities or life’s journey. A deeply spiritual poem where Tagore speaks ...

Sometimes we all need a cathartic cry. If that’s you today, then give these beautiful and moving poems, selected by women including Judi Dench, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Elena Ferrante ...

Pohela Boishakh, otherwise popularly known as Pahela Baisakhi or Poila Baisakh, is the celebration of the Bengali New Year or Nabo Barsho in West Bengal as well as Bangladesh. It celebrates the advent ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page. He explores what tone and timbre can bring to poems when performing or ...

Get ready to fight back the tears—or simply give in. There’s something beautiful about sad books that make you feel like you’re holding your actual heart in your hands. Why do we read books ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and not about telling a story, so this is a key difference. Key features of narrative ...

The emotional themes featured in this British classic are as resonant today as they were in the 1940s. David Lean’s intimate drama follows an unfulfilled married woman (Celia Johnson) who meets ...

A mourning period is under way for the all-too-brief era of 5% yields. Interest rates on savings accounts, CDs and money-market funds are falling after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate ...