Vergissmeinnicht Three weeks gone and the combatants gonereturning over the nightmare groundwe found the place again, and foundthe soldier sprawling in the sun. The frowning barrel of his gunovershadowing. As we came... Read more »
Midden Witch by Fiona Benson (Jonathan Cape, £13)In her fourth collection Benson turns her fierce attention to the individuals hounded as witches. Her language is rich with “a broth of sweat” that... Read more »
On Iowa City’s Market Street stands a low-slung, trailer-like red building. This is Dave’s Fox Head Tavern, one of the sites where the official culture and the counterculture of this most literary... Read more »
Learn why poets across centuries chose the ode to elevate everyday moments into timeless celebrations of beauty and reflection. Read more »
Steeped in ancient tradition, elegies transform raw grief into timeless poetry, but their power to heal remains a beautiful mystery. Read more »
Spanning millennia of human expression, verse weaves rhythm and meaning into patterns that continue to captivate minds and hearts. Read more »
Nothing captures human emotion quite like poetry, where words dance between heartbeats and whispers become eternal echoes. Read more »
Poets weave words into emotional tapestries, transforming ordinary moments into extraordinary verses that dance between reality and imagination. Read more »
This year’s TS Eliot prize for poetry has been awarded to Michigan-born Peter Gizzi for Fierce Elegy, a collection that draws on the poet’s experience of losing his brother. Photograph: Penguin Chair... Read more »