Entertainment ‘I want people to read my poems and think ‘maybe I do like poetry’' - Siobhán Flynn, winner of the 2025 Mairtín Crawford Award for Poetry David Roy chats to Dublin poet ...

Write some poetry Create a poem using only the words provided below. You could write in free verse or come up with a haiku or a rhyme.

Balka, who was born in Toronto, says she has always written poetry but rarely showed it to others until she started posting online. The idea of being a TikTok or social media poet is catching on.

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You can take a poem with you anywhere, but knowing its origins can help make it yours. Practice by playing our poetry emoji game.

Mississippi's 2025 Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest. High school students from across the state compete for a chance to represent Mississippi in the National Recitation Contest in Washington, D.C.

For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times ...

Emerging research finds that poetry can help us feel happier, healthier, and more connected to each other.

Johnny Tillotson, the chart-topping singer behind the Sixties hit "Poetry in Motion," has died at the age of 86.

Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely ...

Seamus Heaney Fellow, Fiona Benson, has chosen her shortlist of four for this year’s Moth Poetry Prize, and commended a further eight poems. One of the most prestigious prizes in the world for ...