Poetry should be celebrated every day of the year, but this World Poetry Day, we'd like to take a moment to introduce you to ...

Best-selling poet Donna Ashworth has always had a way with words – even if she had forgotten all about it. The Sunday Times ...

Mark and Seamus turn to the life and work of Adrienne Rich, in whose poems the personal becomes not only political, but epic. This episode is from series two of Modern-ish Poets. To listen to series ...

Contemporary poets offer hints to help the wary unlock ... The Nation's Favourite Poet Patrick Neate has the lowdown on the UK live poetry circuit Watch Basement Jaxx's version of The Pied Piper ...

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at the life and work of Charlotte Mew, who brought the Victorian art of dramatic monologue into the 20th century, and whose difficult experiences are often refracted ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the most celebrated Japanese modern poets who pushed the boundaries of the genre, died on Nov. 13. He was 92. While his poems have been translated into many foreign ...