What jumps into your mind when you think of the most famous poems ever written? Shakespearean love poems? Something longer ...

Lines from Mambazham by Vyloppilli Sreedhara MenonThe simple, yet powerful image in Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon’s pensive poem ...

No list of famous poems would be complete without a contribution from the big man, so here's Ralph Fiennes bringing all of his dramatic talents to bear on a compelling rendition of Sonnet 129 ...

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

They’re from one of the most famous poems of the war, “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen. After his terrible experience in the trenches he suffered from what they used to call ‘shell ...