It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other.

Presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Verb and fellow poet Ian McMillan, speaks with Michael Rosen, ahead of his new one-person show Getting Through ...

Not everything mixed with water becomes clay, and not everything dried beneath the sun hardens into lifeless stone. In the hands of an ...

In the pantheon of sad-sack protagonists, the central character of Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet” is a triumph, writes Jake Coyle ...

Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi, Sanskrit scholar and ex-Vice Chancellor of the premier Central Sanskrit University in Delhi, ...

When you have extra time or are trying to beat boredom, this list of fun, easy-to-start hobbies is worth trying this year if you need a little change in your life or you want to hone new skills.

From Ae Fond Kiss to Coming Through the Rye, Burns songs are as powerful as ever for a new generation of performers on the BBC’s Burns Night celebration ...

In the dark of January, the birthday of Scottish poet Rabbie Burns is the crack that lets the light in. A night of warming food and fiery whisky – and yes, a few words – January 25 is still celebrated ...

With The Entanglement of Illusions, Prasita Sabari offers not answers, but stillness. Not conclusions, but compassion. It is a debut that quietly asks readers to slow down, soften, and meet themselves ...

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve contributed to our pages. Jana Prikryl’s “Dover Calais” appears in our new Winter issue, no. 254. How ...