and is still considered one of the most esteemed female poets in Japan. Translated by Yone Noguchi, this wistful waka poem ...

In fact, recently released figures from the Nielsen BookScan showed that sales of poetry in the UK increased by 12% last year – with teenage girls and young women making up the majority of ...

Poetry is a vessel for greater understanding in the same way that a voice is a vessel for language,” Price said.

A dedicated feminist, she wrote this poem while living with her female lover ... once hailed “the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language” brings love to life in all its brooding ...

That’s newly sprung in June;" When it comes to classic symbols of love, Burn’s Red Red Rose is right up there with a red, red heart. In one of the most famous love poems of all time ...