Loving poetry is like giving yourself a lobotomy because your thoughts are just too damn sublime. It’s like suddenly becoming ...

There are many possible lives we could live but the use of Plath’s fig analogy to explore this idea is not quite right.

In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood imagines her life branching out before her like a green fig-tree. Each individual fig on the branches represents a ...

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In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood imagines her life branching out before her like a green fig-tree. Each individual fig on the branches ...

The link between creativity and madness have intrigued humans from a long time, with creativity and mental helth relationship ...

Thirty years ago, the late British writer's debut play Blasted was castigated as a "feast of filth". Now though, revivals of ...

These lovely short poems for kids are perfect for children practicing their reading skills. Hey, they may even think poetry is cool!

Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49 A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political act.

A new month brings a new set of reads. Here are some of the new Canadian book releases for August 2025, perfect to dive into ...

True love knows no distance. These five romantic poems capture the feelings of a heart in love, dreaming of a reunion despite the miles apart.