Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

Cook continued to claim innocence throughout his trial, including writing a poem about being framed for his family's murders He was ultimately executed, but locals in Alberta, Canada, still debate ...

Some flowers are red; some flowers are blue. We have funny roses-are-red poems to share with your entire crew. Roses are red, violets are blue; we love us some funny poems, how about you? Part joke, ...

A shy, sensitive child who worried what other people thought, Jennifer started writing poetry aged 10 or 11. “I was interested in death — my mum’s parents had died when she was 12, and I wrote dark, ...

The best of Robert Frost, like the best of most writers, is small in quantity, narrow in scope and seldom the object of popular acclaim. There are a dozen or fifteen of his lyrics which register a ...

The best of Robert Frost, like the best of most writers, is small in quantity, narrow in scope and seldom the object of popular acclaim. There are a dozen or fifteen of his lyrics which register a ...

The Swedish Academy on Elytis: His work depicts sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness in modern man’s struggle for freedom and creativeness. Public Domain Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel ...

The nation will fall silent at 11am today, 100 years on from the two-minute silence first observed on Armistice Day on 11 November 1919. Remembrance Day: why do we fall silent and wear poppies? How ...

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Rasmus Hojlund ruthlessly mocked Kyle Walker with a poem on social media following Manchester United's dramatic victory over Manchester City. Man United secured a famous win over Man City at the ...