It was a hundred years ago — and so, in time, even the most modern of modern writers become the distant past — that William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) opened a 1923 collection of poetry and prose ...

Poet laureate celebrates a plum tree in poem commissioned by the National Trust for its blossom campaign The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has written a new poem which pays homage to spring, in ...

Hundreds of people across Britain have contributed to a piece of nature poetry that details the nation’s feelings about the arrival of spring one year into the coronavirus pandemic. The piece, Spring, ...

Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is good. It is apparent that there is no death. Comes ...

In springtime, some people grow misty-eyed with allergies to pollen. The poet Lynne McMahon greets the season gladly, but with the recognition of the hay fever sufferer's fate at this coming time of ...

Abdur Rehman Rahi was a Kashmir poet, translator, and critic. As one of the foremost exponents of Kashmiri literature, he authored a dozen books and translations. He was also awarded with the ...