Ohio Wesleyan University Professor Laurel Anderson has won a 2025 Pushcart Prize, widely considered one of publishing’s most influential awards, for her poem “Ransom Note.” ...

Before her harrowing footage of life in Mariupol under siege from Russian invaders was viewed around the world in 2022, ...

Ben wrote his final poem in October of 2024. He never posted it because he took a fall in the garage and broke his wrist, ...

Poet Michael Rosen evoked haunting memories of the Covid pandemic in a moving poem to mark the fifth anniversary since the outbreak of the deadly virus. The writer, poet, broadcaster and former ...

And the Independent printed the whole poem in its news pages, with an introduction by Blake Morrison in which he wrote: "Those MPs are right to believe that the poem is shocking but not because of ...

A group of about 60 students from the St Benedict's College Middle School participated in a first-of-its-kind event, where they composed with musicians an original song with lyrics from a Maltese ...

Rising Manchester poet and artist Antony Szmierek has penned a new poem which captures the importance of independent venues to the UK’s music culture.

The Independent today launches our innovative new poetry column, featuring an original poem each week by acclaimed writer Frieda Hughes.

The Independent today launches our innovative new poetry column, featuring an original poem each week by acclaimed writer Frieda Hughes. Hughes, a poet, painter and author of children’s books, will ...