Basking Shark To stub an oar on a rock where none should be, To have it rise with a slounge out of the sea Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me. But not too often – though enough. I count ...

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How It Is: Selected Poems by Neil Shepard, Salmon Poetry, 178 pages. $25. Every book is a new adventure — or something like that — but Neil Shepard‘s How It Is: Selected Poems gathers an unusually ...

Chinese classic poetry often discusses the beauty of nature or the benefits of a simple life. (Pixabay pic) When they are children, most Malaysians are taught the standard nursery rhymes and songs ...

If you're anything like me, poetry collections intimidate you more than any other type of book. I'm not sure where this poetry fear starts for many of us. Perhaps from school, where we're expected to ...

Walking has always been for me not just exercise but also a source of inspiration for poetry. Almost every morning, no matter the weather, I walk with my dog along the abandoned log road just down the ...

Friday (March 21) marks World Poetry Day - an occasion celebrated since 1999 after UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) highlighted it's aim to "preserve ...

Katie Keiling read this poem aloud at a Disabilities Awareness March two years ago about the time Gary Arnold was starting to think she was the one. One simple act of love has changed the way people ...