While those poets laid much of the groundwork for poetry, it’s important that we read the living and breathing contemporary ...

Urdu poetry is well renowned for its rich past, enormous beauty, and complexity in expressions. For those willing to start to explore this poetic world, even the mention of classical poets like Mirza ...

Poles have also more often used their pens to write in verse. Jan Błoński, the most senior of Polish literature critics, even says that "lyrical poetry is the pillar of contemporary Polish literature" ...

It concerns the peculiar standing of poetry within the wider domain known as contemporary Polish literature. Let me make a disclaimer at this point: I have no intention whatsoever to echo the classics ...

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets and their work.

Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the most celebrated Japanese modern poets who pushed the boundaries of the genre, died on Nov. 13. He was 92. While his poems have been translated into many foreign ...