Correspondence between the two authors shows Lewis, a published poet, had expressed great enthusiasm for The Geste of Beren and Lúthien, Tolkien’s mythological Elvish poem in English ...

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?

Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: For over a century, Christmas poems have captured the magic of the most wonderful time of the year. While many people ...

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 ...

From The Silmarillion to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings is full of stories that would make an amazing anime. The franchise is based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, who masterminded the fantasy ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

David Beren has been a Flywheel Publishing contributor since 2022. Writing for 24/7 Wall St. since 2023, David loves to write about topics of all shapes and sizes. As a technology expert ...

Learn about rhythm in poetry and how it can be used as device which has an effect on the reader. How to understand open and closed form in poetry Closed form poetry uses stricts patterns of rhymes ...

For many, the fact that the success of a song lyric tends to hinge upon on its accompanying music, the voices that sing it, and the performance itself means that it cannot be considered poetry.

The author and poet Michael Rosen introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children: The space on the page The 'space' is a ‘friend’ to whom Michael Rosen can tell anything.

World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.