This veteran of the performance poetry scene was recorded at the Bedford Square Poetry Bang in 1971. It's not thought likely that Bessie Smith ever actually visited the West Riding or rode a ...

Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984, Sir John Betjeman's wryly comic verse achieved a level of popularity unusual for contemporary poetry. He was recorded reading this particular ...

For World Poetry Day 2025, English Heritage has announced a pilot project to celebrate England’s everyday heritage through ...

Swampscott Conservancy Next month is National Poetry Month — 30 days to celebrate poets and poetry! New England has had its share of famed poets — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, ...

A Poem for your Club is a new initiative from the National Literacy Trust (NLT), a charity that campaigns for higher literacy across the UK, commissioned by Arts Council England and funded by The ...