His book ‘Taqweem’ is purportedly a calendar ... the rising day (symbolizing promise and hope). The opening poem, a lengthier one, titled ‘Zameen Har Jagah Bolti Hai’, deftly conceived ...

As I listen to my friends sprinkle “Pookie” into conversation like a modern-day sonnet, I can’t help but wonder: Is this what poetry has become in the 21st century? Sonnets, once prose ...

Here’s the opening of a long poem from that book, in which big names, as if particles in the Hadron Collider, bump crisply off one another. Written in free verse, it’s titled “Zulus”: The ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published ...

Scientific Marvel is a poetry book by Chimwemwe Undi. (House of Anansi Press, Imalka Nilmalgoda) Scientific Marvel is a poetry collection that looks into the history of and current life in Winnipeg.

This collection of poems explores the themes of love, morality and the natural world. This poetry book was first published in 1855 in which Whitman speaks about his philosophy about love, life and ...

Working on my book Before ... first line of a new poem. Well done. You now have a line. Read it aloud, listen to it. It will tell you where to go next. Whether you prefer free verse or traditional ...

Today we launch The Telegraph’s fifth annual poetry competition, and the theme this year is – a drumroll, please – “time”. As ever, the contest is open to all, and free (but note the T ...

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and ‘70s who was dubbed “the Princess of Black Poetry,” has died. She was 81.

University of Malawi (Unima) associate professor in the Department of Literary Studies Asante Lucy Mtenje on Sunday launched a collection of poems book in Zomba. The book, titled Forms of Slaughter, ...

Anchorage Daily News book reviewers Nancy Lord and David James present, in no particular order, the 2024 works that they found most memorable and meaningful. Their lists include poetry ...