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 ...

“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 ...

Inspiration for dark times. April is National Poetry Month, in the United States. I am taking advantage of it to feature three stories of resistance about poets and authors this week. If you like ...

In ‘Suck It And See’, Turner seemingly pokes fun at such restrictive labels with the line, “I poured my aching heart into a pop song / I couldn’t get the hang of poetry.” As offhand as it may seem, ...

Each April—Poetry Month—I am reminded of another way to engage the world, one which neither embraces the news as singularly important nor chooses to turn its back on the public sphere.