Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include a debut by Dzifa Benson and an extraordinary posthumous collection from Gboyega ...

Think again. There are endless amounts of silly, whimsical and funny poems sure to give you a chuckle. Below, you’ll find a ...

Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Nancy Power recently shared on social media this emotional poem that her late grandmother Nancy Lichtenberg, aka Annie Carroll, penned about her experience coming to the US from Ireland.

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Reviews of Geraldine Mitchell’s Naming Love; Kelly Michels’s American Anthem; David McLoghlin’s Crash Centre; and John Mee’s ...

The biopic Kneecap details how the Belfast trio came together to become the first major Irish language rap group.

October 3, 2024, is National Poetry Day in both the US and UK. What better way to celebrate than by revisiting Irish poet Seamus Heaney's "When All The Others Were Away at Mass," which was named ...

If incumbency is an electoral advantage then the party is carrying a significant handicap as it approaches the starting line ...

But you may not be aware that he was truly a master of quirky poems. Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett ...

Noel King’s poem ‘Glissando’ is one of four nominees for Irish Poem of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards and needs public votes to win. Tralee poet Noel King is nominated for a ...

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells a word. The word is the subject of the poem. She really really likes stars. But this is no ordinary poem. This is an acrostic. So there is ...