Now’s the time for “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,” Terrance Hayes’ electric, new book. In his five previous poetry collections — “Muscular Music” (1999), “Hip Logic” (2002), “Wind ...

Guest columnist Beth Ann Fennelly analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 for its enduring relevance. The sonnet describes a speaker's journey from self-pity and envy to finding joy through love. Shakespeare ...

Sonnets are a form of poem that was much loved by William Shakespeare. This one might be his most famous: Sonnet 18. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?' asks Shakespeare. A sonnet is usually ...

The poem was discovered by researcher Leah Veronese. University of Oxford While conducting research in the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, a scholar discovered something remarkable: a ...

you may be pushing it comparing the best of rap to sonnets: the purpose of the two things is so different that any comparison is surely moot. but i am prepared to say that it is certainly MUCH harder ...

Previous work: Sonnet, on the death of Robert Riddel, Esq. of Glen Riddel, April 1974 Next work: The Sons of Old Killie This is a poem by Robert Burns. It was written in 1788 and is read here by Kate ...

Oliver de la Paz’s poem is part of a series of “diaspora sonnets,” in which this one, along with others, create a whole, while each sonnet can still operate on its own. These sonnets don’t have all ...

Food and poetry share an intimate relationship, intertwining the sensory and emotional realms. Let us see how the dishes from Bo Tai Qutub, New Delhi will be described in a sonnet poem. In every bite, ...

In addition to penning 37 plays, William Shakespeare was a prolific composer of sonnets -- crafting 154 of them during his life. Now, more than 400 years after his death, the Bard's words are ...

Sonnet Mondal is an eminent Indian English poet from Kolkata and the director of Chair Poetry Evenings – Kolkata’s International Poetry Festival. He has read as an invited poet in over 20 countries ...