Ranking Shakespeare’s poems is not easy, and scholars and readers often argue about which of his works stand out the most. However, the magic of Shakespeare’s poetry lies in its ability to ...
Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are part of America’s thriving contemporary poetry ...
Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...
You can’t look for love in the poems – you’ve got to look around the edges.” Chapters (Utter & Press) is published today, and available on audiobook via Bandcamp . Tim Key is at Peckham ...
Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...
A SAVVY man blagged £230 of freebies from his favourite brands - after he wrote them POEMS. Andrew Cunningham, from Glasgow, spotted a tip online which claimed supermarkets send free gifts if ...
Of course, poetry’s as overwhelmed as we are ... is bad and that bad books are tickets to Harvard? Is it really that easy? Is this book making fun of me? But that uncertainty is the point ...