Matthew Arnold’s poems often reflect our search for meaning in life. Arnold’s best buddy at Rugby School and later at Oxford ...

Bentley would publish his first collection of clerihews Biography for Beginners in 1905, which included what is widely ...

We need "America the Beautiful," just like every other country needs an anthem, to evoke a sense of collective belonging and ...

As The Poke points out, a poem written in 1920 perfectly encapsulates the baffling nature of English. In fact, it's so tricky ...

I don't know." Ask a Persian? "Why no, my friend! I hate poetry! It's so antiquated!" "Oh. Do you know any good poems?" "Yes, ...

See how one homesick scholar put together a massive compendium of verse by former emperors, modern-day activists, soldiers, sages and Nobel winners.

An icon of his time, Lord Byron (aka George Gordon) is one of the best-known English poets of the early 19th-century Romantic Movement. He’s just as famous for his countless affairs with men and ...

A new bilingual collection of poems celebrating Wales' rivers gives Welsh and English "equal weight" to encourage poets to write in their first language. Fifty poets from Wales each write about ...

In keeping with this, I felt the vulnerability of my poetry was best veiled with this font.”Alongside the central poem and pottery displays, Msimang and Yadukha provided visitors with a “Rosetta Stone ...

The Mainichi has published our annual selection of submissions to our Haiku in English section for 2024. Congratulations to all those whose poems were featured throughout the year.

Kashiprasad Ghosh (1820s) to Basudhara Roy (2020s), Indian English poetry has walked a long glorious way; from uncertainty to confidence. We open Roy’s A Blur of a Woman and see contemporary ...