“Then word spread, and pretty soon I was writing so many of these love letters, in exchange for ‘tea money’. It was only much later that I realised they were my first attempts at poetry.
But the real superpower of poetry lies in giving expression to our love, happiness and passion. From love poems for her and love poems for him to words exploring issues of unity and injustice ...
The shift has inspired teachers across the country to get creative with how they teach students things like tone, rhythm and structure in poetry. “I love being creative. So if I love being creative ...
As the split title infers, this poem is a combination of Lochhead’s own memories of Hogmanay in the 1950s and a love poem written for her husband. Despite its distinctly autobiographical nature ...
Contemporary American poetry can often seem intimidating and daunting in its variety and complexity. This engaging and accessible book provides the first comprehensive introduction to the rich body of ...
Victorian poetry was read and enjoyed by a much larger audience than is sometimes thought. Publication in widely-circulating periodicals, reprinting in book reviews, and excerpting in novels and ...
The collection is made up of more than 90 poems, many of which are named for individuals who, like Gottfriedson, were forced to attend the Kamloops Indian Residential School, which operated from ...
SINGAPORE – Literary non-profit Sing Lit Station (SLS) has launched Afterimage, its publishing arm focused on poetry, in hopes of addressing a “conspicuous gap” in the home-grown literary scene.