Writer Alan Katz didn't think poetry was for him. Then he wrote a book or two and learned that poetry is for everyone.

PAM Ayres is a crowd-pleaser, in the nicest possible way. Though she had a cold, she was an ebullient, cheerful presence. I am glad she wasn’t just being interviewed on stage (the occasion marked the ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz ... a picnic poem (or a poem written by a mouse), and a short, decisive poem. All from kids who had most likely thought that poetry ...

So grab a handful of candy corn, pour yourself a ice cold glass of apple cider, and get ready to enjoy these five Halloween ...

Poetry has long been celebrated as a profound ... rhymes like "Hey Diddle Diddle" or "Hickory Dickory Dock." These short verses captivate children not just through their whimsical narratives ...

Released in 2022, in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, the song has become an anthem for protests in Iran ...

When considering an oeuvre as vast as Seamus Heaney's, what correspondences seem to offer is a tantalising glimpse behind the ...

In Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles asked: "All the lonely people—where do they all come from?" The answer to that question is ...

Walcott Prize winner announced. The local Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with the Derek Walcott Festival in Trinidad, has ...

Whether creating a short film or music video, making music, or setting up a photo shoot, he focuses on the stories his ...

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha’s second poetry collection, “Forest of Noise,” contrasts the horror of war-ravaged Gaza that ...

With good books, you recommend titles to your friends; with great ones, you stop friends in hallways to read passages aloud.