World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.

When now-poet laureate Simon Armitage retired from the Probation Service, his dad was “a bit miffed”. “I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue. “He was ...

But people really do make pronouncements like that about literature. Someone I met a few years ago, a big poetry person, just could not believe that an adult would spend years of his life thinking ...

In 1994, Australian poet Dorothy Porter published a book unlike any other: Monkey's Mask, a lesbian crime novel written in verse. The genre-bending book was a bestseller and was later adapted for ...

But clues can be found in the figure of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian poet who, in the early 20th century, founded the Futurist movement and later contributed to the founding of fascism.

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

Forty years ago, Northern English poet Harrison published a powerful work inspired by vandalised gravestones in his hometown Leeds. Then, when it was screened on TV in 1987, a national furore erupted.

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On April 19, the “Fortnight” singer dropped her new album The Tortured Poets Department (and a double album at 2 a.m.) and fans believe she has a few lyrics about the Kansas City Chiefs ...

My boys are getting bored, and that’s not good for their appetite or their temper.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on ...