Tag: Poetry

Peter Pegnall, poet and schoolmaster with a rebellious spirit and sympathy for the ‘unteachable’ child

Peter Pegnall, poet and schoolmaster with a rebellious ...

Jun 21, 2026

Pegnall was the most gregarious and kind-hearted of writers, and in his life as ...

'Comrade' by Hevin Halo Najat

'Comrade' by Hevin Halo Najat

Jun 6, 2026

Michael EJ Phillips

Emotional discipline, spiritual venting and the poetics of balance in 'Comrade' by Hevin Halo Najat

Emotional discipline, spiritual venting and the poetics...

Apr 28, 2026

Dr. Sirwan Abdulkarim Ali / political analyst and academic

'To Wordsworth' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

'To Wordsworth' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Feb 10, 2026

The radical young poet’s backhanded tribute to the older writer is a stern judgm...

Five poems to read with your morning coffee

Five poems to read with your morning coffee

Feb 2, 2026

100 years on, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men is a poem for our populist moment

100 years on, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men is a poem for...

Nov 29, 2025

‘I’m carrying survivor’s guilt’: Raymond Antrobus on growing up deaf

‘I’m carrying survivor’s guilt’: Raymond Antrobus on gr...

Aug 9, 2025

The poet reflects on his heritage, his new life as a father in Margate – and why...