Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my belief that his work is of the level that would be befitting of a Nobel Prize ...

Derek Mahon, the late, great poet, knew how the city yielded without warning to every past version on itself. In his poem J.P. Donleavy ... his patient’s eyes in full natural light.

Derek Mahon at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro ... “And again, when we arrived we had to set up full camp again.” But a treacherous snowstorm began to swirl around the mountaineers and ...

No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it ...

One morning he went ‘round his yard on a ladder. Rob Carney is the author of nine books of poems, most recently “The Book of ...

But now it is 2:29 a.m. and I am awake enough to know I should check the locks on my open ... Emily and Elizabeth Browning have been my lifelong poetry heroines. Settling on the window seat ...

Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate, offers advice for people willing to embrace the world and be surprised.

One poem, titled "Hiccoughs" is dedicated to her nephew, Quentin. It's a jokey, punny riff, playing with sounds and language. "Poor Quentin / went in / to a cough? Or should we call it a cup?