on them all the days of their lives. Today’s poem is from Jean Tuomey’s debut collection, Swept Back, (Lapwing). She won the Jonathan Swift Creative award in 2021 and the St. Francis Hospice poetry ...

Imagine you’re walking down a bright street in Rome when the sun flicks behind a classical statue with anti-polizia slogans graffitied blackly on its base: the chafe of ancient and contemporary may be ...

Jonathan Goldstein: These poems come from wanting to create other fingers with which to reach out and touch You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

You've had storysacks - now try poetry pockets that will help the children under age three to develop the seeds of literacy. Alice Sharp explains how You've had storysacks - now try poetry pockets ...

'Poetry pockets' are the latest form of literacy kitbag, as staff at Asquith Court's Ridgeway Day Nursery near Swindon have been encouraging children's interest in poetry and rhyme with pockets ...

A CD of Maltese poems and nursery rhymes, set to music by prolific composer Mro Dominic Galea, and a supporting website have been launched during an event at the Attard Primary School. The CD, with ...

John Ernest, chair of the Department of English at the University of Delaware, wants to bring poetry to life, so sometimes he’ll start his classes with a dramatic reading of a poem. On more than one ...

PRINCE Louis turns three today and Kate Middleton has released an adorable photo of her youngest son heading off to nursery. The Cambridge tot is now a member of the £14k-a-year Willcocks nursery, ...

I count and recount Gus’s fingers as though maybe, against all reason, I’ll find I’ve been miscounting up until now. It would be like one of those dreams where you come home to find your house has no ...