The Tipperary poet, patriot and bard, Darby Ryan, is to be remembered with a poetry contest in his memory in his native village. Author of the ballad, The Peeler and the Goat, also known as The Bansha ...

Poetry is a scary word for so many...' Acclaimed Donegal-based author Meg Grehan introduces her latest novel for young ...

Poetry is a scary word for so many...' Acclaimed Donegal-based author Meg Grehan introduces her latest novel for young readers The Brightest Star, written entirely in verse.

Baseball fans might read “Casey at the Bat.” Runners have “To an Athlete Dying Young.” Basketball star Kobe Bryant wrote an ...

"The Popcorn with the Energy," "The Sun in A Billion Years," and a fresh new take on the color purple: these are just a few ...

The authors suspected a variety of causes ... For a place to start, try this prompt for free verse: Write a poem that is a list of short thank-you notes to the tangible objects you are grateful for ...

Irish writer Susannah Dickey, a successful novelist of two books Tennis Lessons and Common ... and death. The free verse poems in the final section explores the ethical ambiguities of the genre.

remains on my bookshelf with other great poetry books. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James ... and accomplished poems, "Ann Garner," features a decidedly Appalachian setting. This narrative poem, written in skillful blank verse, follows the life ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, has died aged 92 ... Some of his works were made into picture books for children, and they are often featured in Japanese school textbooks.

Some of his works were made into picture books for children ... the bleakly serious scholarly poetry scene of postwar Japan likely helped him take his free-verse approach that went on to innovate ...