Poetry might seem intimidating to study at first, but it’s like any other kind of writing that we analyse – it uses language and other techniques to create an effect for the reader and convey ...

The best-written poems capture emotions, experiences, or images using a lyrical language. But what exactly is a poem, how is it different from prose, and how should we approach it?

Writer Matt Hoisch, who has spent nearly a year interviewing poets for a project, describes the public good that comes from ...

The researchers used five poems each from ten English-language poets, spanning nearly 700 years of literature in English. The writers included Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Samuel Butler ...

We are delighted to announce the 10 winners of this year’s James McCash Competition for poetry in the Scots language. The competition is ...

Why did we as a species love poetry from the very beginning? And it's the sounds of language. And I think she's trying to get us back to that. "If you're a broad reader, this is a collection ...