Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

Dallas is seeking guides to help define the city’s voice, with applications now open through Dec. 31 for the next poet ...

In the same vein, Ralph Melnick, in his article “Our Own Deeper Joy, Spiritual Resistance after the Holocaust,” testifies how ...

According to Rebecca, poetry is more of a “spur of the moment” – a more “fluid” form of creativity. The fantastical imagery presented in her two poems ‘The Lost Fairytales’ and ‘The Ruin of the Dream’ ...

Politicians love to take liberties with history. The BJP (and the government) accused the Congress of mutilating the National ...

Vande Mataram completes 150 years as Parliament debates its legacy and political meaning. PM Modi accuses Congress of ...

PM Modi accused the Congress of 'breaking' Vande Mataram. Here's how the song was discussed by the likes of Gandhi and Tagore ...

To mark 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde on 30th November 1900, poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses Stories in Verse: Two Poems of Social Protest. The two poems of ...

The Prime Minister had “insulted” both the CWC and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, whose advice had shaped the decision to retain only the first two stanzas of the national song for official use, ...

Stepping up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Vande Mataram row, the Congress on Sunday claimed that the PM has "insulted" the Congress Working Committee of 1937, which issued a ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that significant stanzas of the “Vande Mataram,” were removed in 1937, when it was adopted as India’s national song by the Congress, while the Congress ...