Philip Larkin wrote This Be the Verse in 1971, a poem explaining that your parents ... echoing Chua’s mantra that childhood is not an idyll to be enjoyed but a “training period”.

The “Idyll” is referring to a short poem celebrating rural and country lifestyles, commonly used by the Romantics. Examples include ‘The Shepherd’ by William Blake and ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats. Here, ...

Yet with Baudelaire, in the ‘death-loving idyll’ of the city, there is decidedly a social, and modern, sub-stratum. The modern is a main stress in his poetry. As spleen he ... elements in waking is ...

Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

I remember just being astonished by the representations of the gods. The omnipresence of the gods in the world of the Iliad, ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

This Art Deco hotel stands alone on its own private island — bar the neighbouring 14th century pub. Shireen Jilla checks in, following in the footsteps of everyone from Chanel to Churchill It is ...

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we ...

Despite having only two lines, this short poem is a strong example of imagism, a movement in the early 20th century that was characterized by sharp language that created incredibly clear imagery.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...