Where am I going? Who am I?" she said. "And I just sat down and looked out the window and started writing, and out it came." What came out? Poetry. From "Fragments of Me" They are everywhere.

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

When writing a poem, it’s important to ask yourself: who am I talking to? Am I writing as if I’m speaking to an audience in some hushed, sacred space, or as if I’m talking to a friend over a ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

I cannot help it. As a poet, I am obsessed with the formal structure of truth. I believe in the essential role of poetry to bring people together in the provincial but necessary work of ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...

“Poetry is a great equaliser for me, everyone has a voice and that’s the most important thing,” she says. Pelé has recently launched a new series of events at Ludlow Assembly Rooms with the ...

“Friends this is the realest place I know, / it makes me squirm like a worm I am so grateful,” he writes in one poem, and this sentiment captures it all, both the cheerful squirming and the ...