Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a dark and melancholic tone ...

“A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written. We read A the better to read B (we have to start somewhere; we may get very little out of A). We read B the better to read ...

"All That We Ask of You Is To Always Be Happy," Durham poet Bridget Bell's debut collection, comes out on February 4.

Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

What kind of love poems are you in the mood for? Throughout literary history, love poems have connected lonely hearts, transcended cultural barriers and ultimately withstood the test of time.

Discover how a dandelion grows from a delicate fluffy seed into a bright yellow flower, enjoy beautiful poems which lift the ...

It is an understatement to say that rock wouldn't be the same if it weren't for The Beatles. After all, the band formed by ...

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my ...

Despite more women becoming involved in Burns clubs in recent years, the top table at Burns suppers still tends to be ...

Ronald “Ron” Allen Buss “made friends everywhere he went,” says his friend Sharon Poitra. With a heart of gold, a patient ...

Tadeusz Dąbrowski on stage at the Shakespeare Theatre in Gdansk, Poland.