One late evening in December, 1985, I heard a radio talk-show host announce “a great loss: Robert Graves is dead.” It came as ...

The Danville poet captures a Vermont that is always on the verge of becoming even as it fades in her latest collection.

Happy holidays, and happy reading! All That We Ask of You Is to Always Be Happy by Bridget Bell (Cavankerry) If there has ...

Recognize this stage for what it is: a developmental necessity. The creative impulse of middle age will persistently gnaw at ...

Bear with me, please, as I have no idea where this is going. It is autumn in Europe, Fall as the Americans call it, and my ...

How did Robert Frost so perfectly capture a moment of timelessness? Discover the hidden craft in this classic’s simplicity ...

Advent is the time leading up to Christmas. Often it is more reflective, contemplative and quiet as opposed to the festival nature of the Christmas celebration. I have used many ...

What made the Scottish novelist’s antic novels so appealing? Charlie Tyson Death comes for us all, but if you’re a character ...

Bright Star tells the tumultuous story of John Keats and Fanny Brawne – and in 2026, it is being retold in a new way.

The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you know a few lines by ...

One soul dwelling in two bodies” ...

In 1986, when late Nitin Mukadam called Menka Shivdasani to ask if there was an audience for poetry, she was sceptical, having heard senior poets express doubt. Later, on a quest to find the answer, ...