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 ...

The most immediate source of disconnect between Nigeria” wealth and poverty is a failure of government at the federal, state ...

There are picks for younger friends and family too, with a selection of the best children’s poetry from classics to the present day.

More recently, the poem has been called overly-sentimental, as have many of Longfellow's works. Scholar Richard Ruland, for example, warns that modern readers might find it "not only simple and ...

John MacKenna's most recent books are Absent Friend, a memoir of his friendship with Leonard Cohen; and Father, Son and ...

Arthur Gourounlian has shared the sweetest poem to mark baby Blu turning 3 months old, while sharing adorable snaps of the little girl.

The poet Michael Hartnett famously abandoned English to write exclusively in Irish and returned to his native west Limerick ...

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SHAZNAY Megan Wood, known in local poetry circles as Thee Ammartian, is gearing for the release of her first body of work ...

Auden’s poetry here illustrates the trickle-down effect of poorly thought-out decisions of politicians and rulers, and how ...

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