“My wife writes in the morning; I write at night. I prefer the peace and quiet of low light. But right now as I write this, I watch news of the world going to war. Peaceful weather is no more as ...

While exploring Myanmar, many unfamiliar sights leave visitors in awe. One such sight is the facial coloring of Burmese women and children, known locally as “Thanaka.” This practice holds significant ...

From love poems for her and love poems for him to words exploring issues of unity and injustice, gender and race, the best poem books explore all aspects of life.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sappho (the poetess) and Alcaeus. What are the top poems inspired by ancient Greece? Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Walters Museum Poetry stands as one of humanity’s oldest art ...

Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. Historically intended to be sung and accompany musical instrumentation, ...

The theme this year is ‘counting’, and the poems gathered here explore this subject in a number of ways. Counting forms part of how we learn and play in youth, often reeled off in rhyming poems. We ...

Additionally, the band have revealed how a poem helped ‘Alone’ come to fruition. The LP, which marks The Cure’s first full-length release since 2008’s 4:13 Dream, is set to be shared on November 1st, ...

How to identify form in poetry Learn how how rhyme scheme and stanza length can be clues to a poem's form. How to draft poetry Discover how you can draft your own poetry using examples from ...

Compare ‘Exposure’ and ‘Extract from The Prelude’ in this podcast In this episode, Testament and Owen Sheers discuss the poems ‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Extract from The ...