Whatever state or mood you’re in, poems about life are there to guide you, to ease you and to help you find meaning and make sense of the world around you. Whether you’re toasting a recent ...

Maya Angelou’s poem was a retaliation against the oppression of black people in America. Over the past 40 years, it has come to be a piece that resonates with minority groups around the world ...

Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate, offers advice for people willing to embrace the world and be surprised.

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

Leaving poetry around London isn’t going to change the world, or awaken someone to the feminist fight, but it might just make someone’s day. Life can be hard, and it’s little acts of joy ...