While Leonard Cohen has inspired a generation of poets and songwriters, it was this particular poet who he looked up to.

Sonnets are a form of poem that was much loved by William Shakespeare. This one might be his most famous: Sonnet 18. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?' asks Shakespeare. A sonnet is ...

This collection delves into universal themes such as love ... understanding of the poetry’s nuances. These detailed analyses explore the layers of meaning within each couplet, bridging the ...

Valluvar was ahead of his time when he observed that staring into the depths of one’s spouse’s eyes is one of the profoundest ...

Michael Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize ...

The couplets and envelopes, inspired by the upcoming Year of the Snake, feature a snake head and a poem by Bai Ling (白聆), conveying a wish for harmony and prosperity, he said. The phrase “Six ...

In 'The Essential Ghalib’, Anisur Rahman presents an exemplary selection of Mirza Ghalib’s Urdu couplets, translated in English along with critical commentaries.

With a career spanning over three decades, Shubha Mudgal’s voice resonates across generations, defined by a rare fusion of ...

Arun Kamal is presently immersed in the writing of five distinct upcoming literary works. These encompass a compilation of his poetry book, a collection of insightful literary essays, a series of ...

Filmed in and outside of Acadia Foods, a family-owned deli, coffee shop and market in Winston-Salem’s Washington Park ...

The lines form three quatrains, which are stanzas made up of four lines, and the sonnet ends with a closing rhyming couplet. A haiku is a short closed form of poetry ... being in love, I could ...