Many parents read to their young children at bedtime – but it tends to be a story they share with them, rather than poetry. However, the Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho is urging mums and dads to ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died.

"These tiny kicks felt much sweeter inside my belly than they do right now…against my face." View Entire Post › ...

Words and sounds can establish a rhythm for your poem and capture the reader or listener's imagination, author Michelle ...