It was a wonder to see the sage, Nigerian Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka man the stage at the 6th ProvidusBank World Poetry Day Café, held on March 21 at Terra Kulture Arena in Lagos. The ...

T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

It’s surely something to celebrate that the most famous Scot in world history is a poet. Royalty and dictators get far too much attention as ...

In honour of Mahmoud Darwish’s 84th birthday, we examine how the Palestinian wordsmith continues to inspire creativity in the ...

The rare handwritten copy of “Sonnet 116” features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British royalist ideas into the romantic ode, according to researchers ...

Black bookstores have long been sanctuaries — nurturing Black thought, incubating ideas and cultivating the next generation of readers, writers and revolutionaries. Katie Mitchell’s ...

A rare hand-written copy of one of the most famous love poems ever written has been discovered after hundreds of years. Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ...

Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from your purchases. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has ...

Paul Hetherington has worked with, edited and been on judging panels with numerous poets. In the last decade, he has collaborated with Distinguished Professor Cassandra Atherton on various ...