The public are being urged to choose between two quotes from three former makars – with the most popular to be carved into ...

The origins of the phrase date all the way back to 1400, when the Medieval poem “Roman de la rose” (“Romance of the Rose”) used the phrase “right as an adamant,” referring to a diamond or lodestone. A ...

Quotes about nature There’s a reason nature has inspired scores of poems, songs, and beautiful words—it’s pretty darn ...

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

If we read Ditlevsen’s poems through the lens of Lessing, you could say that Ditlevsen’s so-called sentimentality is a poetic anachronism that functions as a subversive tool, an anachronism on a par ...

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sappho (the poetess) and Alcaeus. What are the top poems inspired by ancient Greece? Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Walters Museum Poetry stands as one of humanity’s oldest art ...

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 ...

Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain and wind have been issued for parts of England and Wales by the Met Office after a weekend of battering by Storm Eowyn. Following miserable weekend weather ...

High-intensity rain — more than half an inch per hour — can wreak havoc on burned areas, increasing the likelihood of flooding and landslides on soil made water-repellent by fire. Ahead of the ...

Tell me that you do not think of me, that you have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s stenography. I only ask for you to tell me you have not ...

Weekend storm is expected to bring some relief. But fire weather could return if dry weather and Santa Ana winds return. Risk of landslides in burned areas is low, but still exists, forecasters say.

Imagine a friend of yours just woke up from a 15-year coma. They ask you to catch them up on politics, and once you get past the most obvious thing — “Wait, who is the president?” — you ...