When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” Whatever the reasons, our human capacity for language has long manifested itself in poetic expression. Poets help us see the magic in life’s big and ...

Agra: Aligarh Muslim University's Sir Syed Academy on Tuesday organised the launch of ‘Songs of Aligarh' comprising poems on nature and culture by Prof Sami Rafiq. Dedicated to Sir Syed Ahmad ...

nature know ledge and transcendental philosophy are of interest to scientific minds. The Ballads and Shorter Poems of Frederick V. Schiller. Translated into English Verse by Gilbert Clark.

A time for family, friends, festivities and an undeniable sense of childhood nostalgia, the Christmas season brings with it so many sentiments. We’ve chosen a selection of our favourite Christmas ...

You know Nikki Giovanni's poems and the power of her words. Here are some facts you might not know about the poet and author ...

And, from the opening to “For My Mother in Lieu of Mourning”: “It takes a thing so long ... poems are often connected to a physical place, a church or monument or somewhere holy in nature ...

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) is seeking candidates for a tenure-track or tenured faculty member for an endowed chair in integrative h ...

The book also features work from long out-of-print early collections. Kathleen Jamie's most recent collection is a genuine landmark literary event: her first written entirely in Scots (alongside an ...

But on the other hand, John Ashbery described Stevens’ career in the light of this news as ‘just another example of the hypocrisy necessary to great poetry’. And Stevens himself wrote in Adagia: ‘In ...

Oliver, who cited Walt Whitman as an influence, is best known for her awe-filled, often hopeful, reflections on and observations of nature. “Mary Oliver's poetry is an excellent antidote for the ...

O true and tried, so well and long, Demand not thou a marriage lay ... under whose command Is Earth and Earth's, and in their hand Is Nature like an open book; No longer half-akin to brute, For all we ...