Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page, in ...

Poetry has many benefits. From developing empathy and providing support for mental health needs, to reconsidering our relationship with nature and even potentially improving immune system and lung ...

From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran Many of 2025’s most notable collections have been powered by a spirit of ...

William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...