Paula Meehan reveals to Richard Fitzpatrick her inspirations, including Brendan Behan, Joni Mitchell, Mark Twain, Sean O’Casey, and Eavan Boland ...

"When I think about Pope Francis, I remember his warming and welcoming smile when he asked me to sing for him," Herrera ... to care for those that are under my care. I have the responsibility ...

MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN'S devastated girlfriend Charlotte ended his funeral with a poem to "my endless love ... His spirit runs free, beyond the track, And in my heart, he's forever mine.

A representative of Taoiseach Micheal Martin attended the funeral Addressing mourners, Rev Chris Hudson said that Mr Longley's memory and poetry will ... go straight to the heart, such as Michael." ...

I wanted to share my favourite (and the most heart breaking ... emotional wreck but those two events during the funeral completely finished me." Her Majesty was, and remains, the UK's longest ...

Art can help us make sense of the world, and these moving poems about life offer a better understanding of the ups and downs we all face ...

We all experience different “wars,” and it’s important to remember that from their ashen battlefields, hope can rise again. And look down upon the things that fetter me. In a list of ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition? Think again.

A mum had to plan her own funeral ... me to the cardio ward and told me I'm in severe heart failure and have postpartum cardiomyopathy. Your heart pumping at 70% is considered normal - my heart ...

Here is a range of heartfelt funeral poems that you can use to remember and celebrate your loved one.