Across 25 state-of-the-art models, poetic prompts achieved an average “attack success rate” of 62% for handcrafted poems and ...

I recently had the good fortune to catch a performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in Beijing performed by the talented international Middle Kingdom Creatives troupe. I was struck by how potent the ...

The elegance of a verse and the subtlety of a metaphor have a surprising consequence on the most sophisticated artificial ...

POEMS ALOUD Written by Joseph Coelho. Illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett “Poems are made to be performed!” Coelho declares early in this rousing book, which guides young readers through the basics of ...

If you're anything like me, poetry collections intimidate you more than any other type of book. I'm not sure where this poetry fear starts for many of us. Perhaps from school, where we're expected to ...

Chinese classic poetry often discusses the beauty of nature or the benefits of a simple life. (Pixabay pic) When they are children, most Malaysians are taught the standard nursery rhymes and songs ...

Basking Shark To stub an oar on a rock where none should be, To have it rise with a slounge out of the sea Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me. But not too often – though enough. I count ...

Poetry does not have to be complicated, or full of difficult ideas or words. Many people stay away from poetry because they think they will not understand it. They are wrong. A poem can be simple and ...

Seek advice and suggestions from others. Another option is to ask a mentor or close friend to hear your short poem and go through it with you.

A simple poem about a punctuation mark landed Edmee Nataprawira in the Early Harvest Competition’s top spot.Organized by Vaughan Public Libraries, the annual contest now celebrating its 20th ...