The performance comes into its own in the final third. Martinez delves into Portals, her “reset” LP, which broke a five-year ...

Educated at Harvard University, Frank O'Hara was witty and charming, as much of a public personality as a distinguished poet. He was the glue that held together the New York School poetry scene, which ...

From animals and family life to goofy people and more, these funny poems are guaranteed to make you laugh! Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from ...

The following selections of poems are curated around specific themes and are appropriate for young readers. To celebrate Arab American Heritage Month in April—and the rich tradition of Arabic poetry ...

With leaves turning golden, nights drawing in and fires being lit, autumn is the perfect time to settle down in a comfy chair with some poetry for company. Here is a selection of our favourite poems ...

Discover new poets through this free online collection of brilliant, moving, funny and groundbreaking poems curated by our specialist poetry librarians. Search the poems by type or by topic, or use ...

Poems featured in Tube carriages have been a big hit with the public. Poems on the Underground celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2021. Poems on the Underground was launched in 1986, following an idea ...

Narrative means story and a narrative poem tells a story. Lots of poems are mainly about thoughts and feelings and not about telling a story, so this is a key difference. Key features of narrative ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s biomusical – based on Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton, one of the United States’ ...

American singer Melanie Martinez has said that she ‘fully supports Palestine’ in a comment she made on her social media platform. This came when a user asked the 28-year-old singer in a post she made ...

William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

Poetry is, quite simply, the activity for which Queen’s University is best known around the world. Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney was both a student and lecturer here at Queen’s, and other famous ...