The quintessential work poem is probably I Hear America Singing, by Walt Whitman. It reminds me of the seven dwarves singing Heigh-Ho on the way to the diamond mine in Disney’s Snow White.

The poem “Shirt,” by Robert Pinsky, first appeared in the pages of The New Yorker in 1989. In it, the speaker merges descriptions of garment manufacturing with the social and personal ...

Amid the shelves of precisely folded dress shirts, in the routine and punctuality required ... GlM-|ck recommended Reece’s work to New Yorker poetry editor Alice Quinn, who in June 2003 devoted the ...

Fred Perry has commissioned poet John Cooper Clarke to compose a new work in honour of its famous polo shirt. The poem is for the brand’s Annual Traditions campaign, which last year featured a film ...

HOW POEMS WORK. HOW POEMS WORK. Richard Sanger. Special to The Globe and Mail. Published October 19, 2002. This article was published more than 22 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.

This week's Poem Of The Week, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, is Dead Man's Shirt by Stephen James Smith, who recently curated and performed at Swift's Vision, the 350th Birthday ...