My object is a boxed presentation copy of a poem written in Hungarian in Budapest on 29 September 1883 by a Dr. Farkas Laszlo in praise of Joseph Lister, the pioneer of antiseptic surgery.

As Johnston spoke of those praise poems, her thick head of curls often shook with enthusiasm. But her green eyes shone with tears when she recalled the work of Dallas’ second poet laureate Mag ...

A performance of the poem, 'Praise Song for My Mother', by the poet Grace Nichols, in a beach setting. This is from the BBC series, Poets in Person. This short film will be relevant for teaching ...