Reading Frost requires a kind of modesty and curiosity. Coming to this modesty has been a big part of my own experience with ...

The last time Newcastle tasted significant domestic success was back in 1955, when the team triumphed over Manchester City in the FA Cup final with a 3-1 scoreline. During that era, Newcastle was a ...

M ost words have a rather abstract connection to the things they describe. The word yellow is not actually yellow. The word square is not a square. Nor do we expect them to be. Th ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

I always go for the drama of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. I like to push them all the way up to the ceiling, avoiding any awkward gaps that can make a space feel incomplete, difficult to clean or ...

The death of the poet, writer and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby at the age of 82 has been confirmed by his family. He died in a nursing home in Clontarf, Co Dublin. The popular author was a familiar ...

Announcing the Eighth Annual Fighting Words Poetry Contest! How can poetry be an effective response to current events and the issues impacting our communities? How can journalism and poetry help us ...

We may earn a commission from your purchases. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well.

International Women’s Day Poems 2025 is a global event celebrated every year on March 8 to celebrate the love and contributions of women in our lives. Prep your children with these beautiful short ...

Paul Hetherington has worked with, edited and been on judging panels with numerous poets. In the last decade, he has collaborated with Distinguished Professor Cassandra Atherton on various ...

LUMBERTON — Retired Detective Horace Mitchell Downing, 70, of Lumberton, NC, peacefully passed away on February 27, 2025, surrounded by his family. Born on November 16, 1954, Mitchell dedicated ...

In his address to the 25th edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau at New Delhi’s Sunder Nursery on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the annual music festival that commemorates the Sufi poet-musician ...