British poet Wilfred Owen told readers there is no peace for the dying soldier until we fight against the lie that it is sweet and proper to die for one’s country.
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Nigeria’s poet and playwright, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, died on October 13 aged 86
No new poems, but plenty of insights into the development of Thomas’s style.
We’re supposed to suppress feelings of envy. But what if the kind spurred by school shutdowns, frontline work and cramped apartments are worth exploring – and acting upon?
That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.
Alfred Tennyson’s passionate book-length elegy was once among the most popular poems in English. Today, it shows us how soulful art can stir us to life and stave off banality.
190 years after her birth, Dickinson’s life reminds us of how to confront the depths of loss with courage and hope.
Beer was extremely popular in ancient Mesopotamia. Sipped through straws, it differed from today’s beer and was enjoyed by people from all walks of life.
When we feel under siege, Chaucer’s doomed love story during the battle for Troy might be just the distraction we need.
Brutus’s life was closely interlinked with the rise of apartheid and offered a way to look at resistance to this system.
A study of the late Keorapetse Kgositsile shows how the poet influenced black American culture. It also shows how his mother and his grandmother’s oral traditions in turn influenced him.
Human existence is now permeated by computer language. Digital artists combine human and computer codes to create digital poetry.
A year after retiring as the UK’s poet laureate, Duffy is finding new ways to express herself.
Poets and the wealthy were angered by those who saw their opportunity to rise above their station after the plague.
Poems sing to us that life really matters, now.
You don’t have to understand or even like every poem you read.
Breaking through the world of male Irish poetics, Boland was a fierce, feminist voice that was decidedly Irish.
Scotland’s ‘makar’ and quiet man of poetry continues to be loved, read, taught and celebrated 100 years after his birth.
Travel somewhere new from lockdown.
From humble beginnings, poet Bruce Dawe became a genial voice, capturing everyday humanity with wry focus. For many Australians, he provided a first taste of verse.
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, RMIT University
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Professor of English, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor in Australian Literature and Writing, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, Creative Writing, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of English Literature, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer In Creative Writing, University of Roehampton
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Executive Dean (interim) Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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PhD candidate, Swansea University
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Reader in Creative Writing, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
