I hope you are enjoying our Sunday column, “Poetry from Daily Life,” which provides each week the wit, wisdom, and experiences of poets and authorities on poetry. By offering such a rich mix of voices ...

Five Thanksgiving poems from famous folks in Washington state, and beyond. 1. From Ryan Mello, term-limited Tacoma City Council member: “For these past 10 years, I’m thankful, and for what the future ...

It's poetry — rhyming couplets written in perfect iambic pentameter, those ten-syllable lines of alternating emphasis made famous by authors of sonnets and blank verse. But unlike your average metered ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Robert Frost said that ...

NEW DELHI: Aspiring English poets have multiple online resources telling them how to write a sonnet, haiku or limerick but those aspiring to pen Urdu verse have just the Qaafiya Dictionary to help ...

Lousisana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has vetoed a bill that would have designated an official state poem for the Pelican State. She said the poem "lacked sufficient literary merit." The poem, titled "I Love ...

Every poem has structural features that have a bearing on the way the poem sounds or what it means. To comment on the structure of a poem is just the same as commenting on its language – you notice ...

Eating, drinking and reading are three of greatest pleasures – together or individually. The 2019 Open Book Festival in Cape Town, the ninth, held from September 4 to 8, placed its focus on food and ...