Defining the word poem isn’t that simple. Basically, it’s any collection of written or spoken words that have some sort of lyrical quality, rhythm, and/or structure that’s less straightforward than a ...

For “The Favorite Poem Project,” I chose a well-known sonnet of Shakespeare’s because I love how it speaks to readers today.

In a poem, a writer uses language, form and structure to present an idea in a new way; the words on the page become a way to communicate between the poet’s mind and the reader's. When reading poetry a ...

Join us for an interactive programme for primary schools, specially designed to mark National Poetry Day 2022.

Yellow Flower Gills Me Whole exhibits a perspective that seems to sit outside of time. At times, Ghosh’s poems shift between humorous, profound, risqué and sensual. Others suggest a profound ...

In this paper I present several samples of a hitherto unknown type of Samaritan liturgical poem called Tawḥīd. Written in Samaritan Hebrew and Aramaic, the main motif of these poems is "to declare God ...