Biography and memory: poem is a first-person narrative. It may be dedicated to the poet's husband, suggesting it could be autobiographical. 'for Fred', 'the glossy blue/ My pen exudes, drying ...

Ghassan Zaqtan’s 'Strangers in Light Coats' is a powerful collection of poems about memory, loss, and the struggles of ...

A mum wrote an hilarious poem in memory of her son's hamster - bringing light to an otherwise sad situation. Julian Junior, 20, lost Bonnet, his hamster of two and a half years, two weeks ago after he ...

A mum wrote an hilarious poem in memory of her son's hamster. Julian Junior, 20, lost Bonnet, his pet of two-and-a-half years ...

Shortly after he was found, Julian's boyfriend Aaron Hayes, 18, requested a poem as part of an obituary and Julian's mum Beverley Griffiths, 59, immediately obliged. In just 25 minutes, Beverley ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about his new collection, "Forest of Noise," and about the conflict in Gaza.

We're going to ask Mosab Abu Toha to read the beginning of his poem "Younger Than War." MOSAB ABU TOHA: (Reading) Tanks roll through dust, through eggplant fields. Beds unmade. Lightning in the sky.