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The Nobel Prize-winning novelist celebrates Zbigniew Herbert, whose defiant work proved that even the darkest times call for ...

Whatever your poetry is, below you'll find some of the best poetry books to read now. Immerse yourself in dazzling collections from must-read modern poets, such as the award-winning Raymond Antrobus ...

When Yannis Ritsos passed away on November 11, 1990, the world of poetry lost one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

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The best poems take complex subjects and provide readers with a new way of approaching them. These are seven of our favourite poetry collections to read for National Poetry Day. In the world of ...

The First World War inspired profound poetry, words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle were evoked perhaps more vividly than ever before. The First World War poets – many of whom lost ...

Betcha didn't know that the greatest hockey poem ever written was composed by a Rangers fan. John Kieran grew up in The Bronx ...

But I think I might take a little space to try again to explain why poetry has always been one of my greatest passions, why I have always believed that true poets are more important than ...