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

Poetry and feminism have always been intertwined but in recent years, many new feminist and queer voices have emerged and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here the female poet, Sappho, composed passionate love poems addressed to young women in the 7th century BC. Unfortunately only one of her completed odes survives, and in another of these she ...

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 ...