Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled ...

The gray suburban fringes of Cork’s Northside region are gradually colored with hope in “Christy,” an old-fashioned coming-of ...

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

The launch of the new anthology by Bray writer’s group, Sea Scribes, took place on Saturday, July 5, in a packed Town Hall as attendees were captivated by the writers involved who read from the new ...

The lines above are from Professor Bade Ajuwon’s, ‘Ogun’s Iremoje: A Philosophy of Living and Dying’, taken from Sandra Barnes’ ‘Africa’s Ogun: Old World and New’. It is a chant (Ìrèmòje) by one ...

Comedian Aoife Dunne was shattered by grief after her mother’s death, but now she’s finding giggles in the darkness ...

News about Poetry and Poets, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Award-winning Cork writer William Wall wrote a poem for the Irish Examiner, depicting how the city of Gaza has become like a cemetery. Eyeless in Gaza was featured on the front page of Wednesday's ...

“What a joy this was,” Kate Wakeling said of judging the Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025. The annual prize, run by The Moth, which celebrates its 15th birthday this month, has been judged in the ...