The Cure's music is littered with literary references, and we take a few down from the archives to analyse their poetic ...

Martín Espada transforms cemetery lizards into powerful metaphors for American imperialism in his latest collection.

The Belfast-born poet, who died five years ago, left us a precious legacy of transcendent beauty, vigour, wit and profundity ...

Sarah Curran is remembered as the tragic figure whose fiancé Robert Emmet was executed, but she was also an important member ...

Fail Again Fail Even Better – The Struggles of an Obscure Irish Poet, by Karl MacDermott, published by Troubador Publishing, ...

For Anna Mekunts, poetry is less a craft than a state of being. She writes as she feels — without prescribed forms or rules — ...

In the debut author’s The Poet Empress (Bramble, Jan.), set in a world where poetry is magic but women aren’t allowed to read, a peasant girl becomes a prince’s concubine.

Find the answer for Poetry form used by Kaga no Chiyo from the people who brought you the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Brandi Carlile offers track-by-track background and commentary on all 10 songs from 'Returning to Myself,' including 'Church ...

KG Sankara Pillai, one of Kerala’s most celebrated contemporary poets and critics, has been chosen for the 2025 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.

The author reflects on their creative journey, intertwining personal experiences with themes of ghosts, caregiving, and cultural identity in their upcoming novel.

I must enter our life like a comet, I must sing, preach, struggle, weep and burn…” — Avetik Isahakyan It is rare for the poet ...