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Dana Gioia's poem, "Words," delightfully describes the necessity as well as the unnecessary nature of the poet's most important tool--a fascinating paradox.

On November 11 many will choose to remember the dead of the World War at events, tributes and readings worldwide. Here are some ideas for Remembrance Day readings.

Although there are many manuals designed to help the beginning writer release the creativity within, it can be overwhelming to try to find the one that works.

It’s an altered book based on the 19th century hit novel-in-verse Lucile. It’s fiction. It’s Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason.

Written when the poet was about sixteen years old, George Herbert's "Sonnet I" features a speaker who is precocious in his wisdom and prescient in his awareness.

Sites like LibraryThing, Goodreads and Shelfari offer users a chance to share what they've read, find reviews and recommendations, and network with readers and authors.

Brink Road exhibits themes familiar to postmoderism and responds to alienation from a higher power through a complex relationship to nature.

Don Carlo Gesualdo was an Italian nobleman, lutenist and composer. His madrigals rank as the most harmonically expressive compositions of the Renaissance.

Compiled from two of his lectures, this essay appeared in Donald Hall's collection Poetry and Ambition: Essays 1982-88.

Often quoted, Wilcox's poems have not stood the test of time for the literary scholars, but she was a popular poet whose influence is undeniable.

Haiku is becoming increasingly popular amongst poets and readers alike. It is a simple form to learn yet a difficult one to master!

The sonnet is one of the most compelling traditional poetic forms with its compression of an argument or dilemma and its sonorous rhyme scheme.

Poetry was originally meant to be read aloud, and still has a vital performance aspect. Here is a guide to some popular poetry podcasts.

At the beginning of the 18th century, writers of prose and poetry were adhering to rigid rules and forms later described as feeble correctness.

Slouching Toward Nirvana presents his thoughts on growing old. Many of the poems are written in his 70s, but he still conveys a sense of adventure in his life.

Unable to find Radha, Krishna sits down by the banks of the Yamuna. There Radha's friends approach him and describe the state of the lovelorn maiden.

Alan Michael Parker's anthology demonstrates the fiction power of poets as they invent biography and poetry in the mode of the heteronym.

Using the Wellcome Collection's wealth of fascinating exhibits visitors can explore health, medicine and well-being through a lively programme of exciting public events.

The fear of not having anything to say, or saying it badly are among the key hurdles for many poets. But there are tricks to make writing easier and less threatening.

Creativity is such a high thing to strive for. And it is a task Haligonian singer-songwriter Darrel Cameron isn't afraid to work towards.

In a beautiful melding of poetry and art, poet Billy Collins has edited a book of poems inspired by birds, and Illustrated by naturalist David Allen Sibley.

Research on teaching poetry reveals methods both to encourage more reading and writing of poetry and to increase students' abilities to analyze poetry well.