Some of the greatest English poets of the 20th Century were ruled out by Downing Street as candidates for poet laureate, government files reveal. Names such as WH Auden, Philip Larkin and Robert ...

The British poet’s unique spoken word creations helped him win the 2012 Poetry Slam World Cup; even Ed Sheeran has called him “a champion”. It’s no wonder Baker proved a hit with his most ...

In Byron Among the English Poets he is seen as a poet's poet ... and most readers will find out something new from every single essay, but among the book’s greatest pleasures are the recognition and ...

A study in the US has found that readers can't tell the difference between poems written by famous poets and ... used five poems each from ten English-language poets, spanning nearly 700 years ...

One of the founding figures of English poetry in post-independence India, Ezekiel was born on December 16, 1924.

After the Great East Japan Earthquake ... Tanikawa’s poetry has been translated into over 20 languages, including English, Chinese, French, and German, becoming a way to get to know Japanese ...