Tell him to be different from other people if it comes natural and easy being different. — Carl Sandburg, "A Father to His Son" Most people can learn to do most things adequately. Ben Hogan believed ...
Billy Collins is on a crusade against 'difficult' poetry, but has he gone a step too far by taking on the Irish, asks Belinda… Billy Collins is on a crusade against 'difficult' poetry, but has he gone ...
When Jeff Bezos defended major layoffs at The Washington Post last week, he reached for poetry. Pressed on why he would not ...
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. What we gain by forgetting “Buying Shrimp at Bennetts Point,” a poem by Roey Leonardi ...
Basking Shark To stub an oar on a rock where none should be, To have it rise with a slounge out of the sea Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me. But not too often – though enough. I count ...
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The performance poet and winner of this year’s CLPE children’s poetry award picks the poetry collections that every child should grow up with Here are my top 10 new poetry books that every child must ...