Hundreds of millions of poetic words have been written throughout history. Navigate your way into this beautiful art form ...

But if you need a quick-acting dose of inspiration, the short poems ... in English and Japanese. And here’s an interesting bit of trivia: He was also the father of the famous sculptor Isamu ...

Poetry essentially is figurative language ... Owen Barfield's Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning is one of the best guides to this process, when he traces part of the poetic history of the English ...

Ms. Ryan’s new book, “The Best ... of the poetry world’s junketeering, its voluptuous horror of conferences and panels and M.F.A. programs. She has taught the same remedial English course ...

Over the course of six short clips ... of some of his most famous poems. These clips are from the BBC series Simon Armitage: Writing Poems. Suitable for: KS3 and GCSE English Literature in ...

For all his well-known peevishness, he emerges as an ardent, engaged lover of the art. Read an excerpt from The Best Poems of the English Language. Hey! Did you enjoy this piece? We can’t do it ...