Let’s Hear More Poetry. There was a time, though not so much recently, when people enjoyed reciting poetry. This could be at clubs or lectures, schools and libraries, even just within a family setting ...
Meet the boxing 'Bard' whose poem will carry Team England to Commonwealth glory
Not only will Team England hear the rallying couplets as they walk the athletes parade, they will also be wrapped in the words as a poem verse was emblazoned onto their official opening ceremony ...
George Harrison’s Wife Olivia Named Her New Poetry Book, ‘Came the Lightening,’ After Something That Happened When He Died
George Harrison's wife Olivia named her new poetry book, 'Came the Lightening,' after something beautiful that happened when he died.
Meet Adrian Matejka, the first Black editor to lead Poetry magazine in its 110-year history
Adrian Matejka, Indiana’s poet laureate from 2018-2019, is still trying to figure out Chicago’s bus system. He laughs about missing his bus heading to the Poetry Foundation on Superior Street because ...
On Poetry: Celebrating Interdependence Day
I was looking for a poem about Independence Day. This one by John Daniel did what a good poem always does — turns my expectations on their head, makes me ...
Here's what makes poetry and gardens a perfect pair, according to 2 poet-gardeners
Writers and gardeners Ross Gay and Tess Taylor and about what gardens and poetry can bring — including the reminder to breathe and nourish the body and soul.
Meet the top seven finalists for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize
And why do you turn to poetry ... it makes me question myself more than the source of destabilization. There are poems that have troubled and taught me for nearly thirty-five years.
Pupils should write poetry rather than read it, says new children’s laureate Joseph Coelho
Pupils should write poetry rather than read it, according to the new children’s laureate, who said current teaching risks putting them off for life.Joseph Coelho said it was damaging to teach children ...
English KS1 / KS2: Does poetry need to rhyme?
Can they remember what a clerihew is from the episode? Look at the poem on the page. What do you notice about the verse? Is there a rhyme structure? How many lines does it have? Explore and ...
Chicago as a poem: The birthplace of slam poetry finally gets a contemporary anthology of poetry
Foolishly, I said I would do it, and two months later he died ... Metz came to Open Books to read a poem, Evans was there to read a story; it was an event for a local literary journal, but not one ...
Dominic West Tells Us There Are “Tumultuous” Times Ahead For ‘The Crown’ During London Poetry Soiree
EXCLUSIVE: Dominic West, who portrays British monarch in-waiting Prince Charles in the upcoming fifth season of The Crown, has told us that season six, which shoots from August, “will be as tumultuous ...
For Good And For Verse: What The Booker Prize Can Do For Indian Poetry
But not everyone is convinced. There’s a current of blood flowing through all pronouns now. My day is rising beyond the wall of grammar. God’s shit falls on the bed of creation.
