British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy wrote "Achilles" after English soccer player David Beckham suffered a season-ending injury last week. Beckham, 34, was headed for what would have likely been ...

First came a poem on the scandal of British MPs' expenses. Next was a tribute to the men who fought in World War One, after the deaths of the last two British soldiers to live through the conflict.

Hector and Achilles might have been the stars of Homer’s epic poem, but their helmets, shields, and weapons are what took center stage. Corinthian helmet, fifth century B.C. Staatliche ...

But now, in an interview published in today's Independent, Duffy appears to have calmed down: "Beckham saw the poem ["Achilles", about the injury that kept the former captain out of the 2010 World ...

Carol Ann Duffy's new poem, Achilles (below), draws on the literature of Homer to pay tribute to the injured star in particularly dramatic language. The poem is probably not unforgettable in the ...

While working on “The Guantánamo ‘Suicides'” over the last weeks, I kept thinking back to these lines from Auden’s great poem. They seemed to describe the facts and problems I was pondering. The three ...

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