Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way.

I’ll pick a short one – Catullus. Odi et amo: quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior. My favourite translation is by Peter Whigham. It takes a bit of licence ...

For many of us, the run-up to Valentine’s Day is spent seeking out the least ... why not share one of these poems, which attempt to express the wonder and complexities of romantic love.

A notable poet in his own right, he was best known for rendering into English the words of a poet who reacted to the ...

The miscellany’s catalog describes the poem as “on constancy in love,” but it doesn’t mention the Bard, who died in 1616 ... repurposed it in their own day—as in ours—for different ...

She would defer to everyone else, saying nothing, but storing up every glance and gesture, silently skewering the bourgeois pleasantries in her mind, and later in a poem. I keep a complete copy of ...

the actor-comedian recalled his experience filming the show’s “Day Drinking” segment with the host last year, confessing that he “almost died” during it. “I came into that day with ...

Hundreds of events were hosted where the pain, grief, compassion and sacrifice of those difficult times was remembered.

To someone who does not know Russian or read contemporary Russian-language poetry, it may not be clear why the entirety of ...

The Queen was said to be devastated after being forced to put Beth, 13, to sleep in November last year - and today she ...

Everything is alive in its own way, singing” offers a poetry of observation and recognition of each person, each animal, each ...

St. Patrick’s Day brings to mind several things, including my blessed Aunt Mary Donnelly Van Slyke, the most sainted woman I’ve ever met. She spent a long lifetime ministering to the needs of her ...