The beauty of poetry is its universal appeal—the most famous poems ever written are ... There are more authors, publications, movements and subgenres than anybody can read in a lifetime.

Former Missouri Poet Laureate Maryfrances Wagner writes about the inspiration she takes from a favorite poet, Williams Carlos Williams.

Yeats acknowledged that some of his best writing was inspired by (often self-inflicted) emotional turmoil, exploring how poetry can also be a consolation for that turmoil. No list of famous poems ...

A rare hand-written copy of one of the most famous love poems ever written has been discovered ... contains a selection of texts from different authors on various subjects - stored at the Bodleian ...

Over the course of six short clips, Simon Armitage goes behind the scenes of some of his most famous poems. These clips are from the BBC series Simon Armitage: Writing Poems. Suitable for ...