February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

The First Year is an original poem by Chimwemwe Undi, winner of the 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. It is ...

James E. Tokley Sr., Hillsborough County's poet laureate, cherishes words like "cantankerous" and "rapscallion" and contributes to the region's cultural identity.

Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Rossetti and Zephaniah have all followed. Now, poet laureate and Yorkshireman Simon Armitage – has ...

A new National Poetry Centre, spearheaded by Professor of Poetry and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, is to receive a ...

Prof Yunus said 21 February 1952, is not only a day of tears remembering the painful past but also a rock-hard inspiration and a seed mantra to stand against all kinds of injustice and conspiracies ...

Poet laureate Simon Armitage has welcomed the news that the government is investing £5m into the development of the National ...

The government has pledged £5m in support of the National Poetry Centre’s new home in Leeds.

Fazal Baloch's translation, In Every Verse for You, carries Balochi poet Mubarak Qazi’s poetic fire across languages.

New Brunswick has a deep treasure trove when it comes to writers. With the likes of Bliss Carman, Shirley Bear, and David Adams Richards, the soil seems rich for growing literary talent.Here's a look ...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may have a better right than any other state to call itself “the poetry state.” Celebrated poets from Emily Dickinson and Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elizabeth Bishop and ...