By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

“After writing the first three chords, I knew something was happening,” Mick Jones recalled of the night in 1984 when he wrote the song that gave his band Foreigner their biggest hit. “I was writing ...

Carr, on the other hand, only reads relaxing poetry before bed. He’d rather prioritize reading time during the day on weekends and on his lunch break on weekdays. “Reading before bed ...

Robin Robertson, his long-standing editor at Jonathan Cape, said: “I knew and admired Michael Longley’s poetry before joining Secker & Warburg in the late 1980s, and so it was an honour to ...

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's decision to take his stage name from the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is "hugely important for Wales", an author has said. Jeff Towns, who wrote Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas ...

Bob Dylan has a number of links to Dylan Thomas, said author Jeff Towns Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's decision to take his stage name from the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is "hugely important for ...

Mary Jo Nanni, has written an all original Detroit Lions Playoff poem to cheer on the Lions. She titled it, T’was The Night Before Playoffs.

When asked whether there was a need to learn traditional poetry before switching over to free verse, he said the question had been raised in the past too. “Only a new format could effectively ...