Poems are such versatile things. They can be as concise as a well-written line but also long enough to fill an entire book.

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

She enters the poem explicitly in the second stanza, as “I” becomes “we” and the bittersweet miracle of parenthood comes into focus. Parents create their children, and vice versa.

A survey of the Polish poet’s work in the late 1940s and early 1950s highlights Miłosz’s attempt to grapple with the ...

The New Orleans native should bring rich musicality and innovation to the anthem. The over-under is set at 120.5 seconds.

“For a long time,” writes Kathleen Jamie in her afterword to The Keelie Hawk (Picador £12.99), “I’ve wanted to write a suite ...

Traditionally, a poem sticks to a definite form, style and a set of characteristics. Lines are grouped into stanzas, or verses, and poets make deliberate decisions about word choices, and the ...

The state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday brought back ‘Bangali’ by removing ‘Bangla’ in the state anthem Banglar Mati Banglar ...