Poets have been writing about death since the beginning of the written word, and it’s no wonder their poems often appear at funerals. Not only do funeral poems help people process the loss of a loved ...

As a young man he was influenced by the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost ... Generally considered the greatest English poet of the twentieth century, his work has exerted a major influence on ...

Malika Booker's Libation was named best poem at the Forward Prizes for Poetry. She said it was written in the Covid-19 lockdowns "when funeral rituals weren't possible", which made her think about ...