A magical evening tribute to legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib
We listened with bated breath as Mirza Ghalib took us all the way back to 19th-century Mughal India to share his life’s joys ...
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The Magic of Urdu: 5 Contemporary Poets to Read for Beginners
For those willing to start to explore this poetic world, even the mention of classical poets like Mirza Ghalib and Allama ...
The Daily Telegraph15d
The best poetry books of 2025 so far
Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...
The Financial Times28d
When poetry heralds a new presidential era
And though Trump refrained from inviting a poet to speak at his first inauguration, in 2017, poets across America read protest poetry, organising evenings of resistance. Carol Ann Duffy ...
The New York Times29d
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee. By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary ...