Poem of the Day, 3 Dec 2025
Sylvia Plath was a pioneering confessional poet whose intense imagery, emotional honesty, and innovative style reshaped modern literature. Her work, including Ariel and The Bell Jar, explores identity, ambition, and mental struggle... with enduring influence.
Poem of the Day, 2 Dec 2025
Andrea Gibson’s poetry is raw, powerful, and deeply emotional. It explores love, identity, gender, trauma, and social justice with vulnerability and courage, blending spoken word rhythm with personal and political insight.
Poem of the Day, 1 Dec 2025
Hala Alyan, acclaimed novelist, poet and author of 'The Moon That Turns You Back', writes lyrically about displacement, inheritance, and identity, blending psychological insight with vivid, border-crossing storytelling.
Poem of the Day, 30 Nov 2025
A prolific South African poet, essayist, and novelist from Port Elizabeth, Abigail delves into themes of trauma, mental illness, familial dysfunction, postcolonial identity, feminism, and the lingering shadows of apartheid through raw, confessional prose-poetry and fiction?
Poem of the Day, 29 Nov 2025
Harry Owen, originally from Liverpool, was Cheshire’s first Poet Laureate (2003). He moved to South Africa’s Eastern Cape in 2008 and earned a PhD in Creative Writing (2024). His outspoken eco-poetry blends vivid natural imagery with urgent social and environmental conscience, addressing extinction, inequality, displacement, and humanity’s bond with the earth.
Poem of the Day, 28 Nov 2025
Mole is an English poet and jazz clarinettist, known for writing for both adults and children with wit, clarity, and rhythmic sensitivity.
He's won major poetry awards including the Eric Gregory Award, the Cholmondeley Award and others. His verse combines musical sensibility — often influenced by jazz — with accessible yet profound explorations of childhood, memory, social or political themes.
Poem of the Day, 27 Nov 2025
Li-Young Lee writes with spare, luminous language, often exploring memory, family, exile, and tenderness. His poems braid personal history with spiritual longing, creating intimate meditations that feel mythic, vulnerable, and timeless.
Poem of the Day, 26 Nov 2025
Lesotho poet Rethabile Masilo writes to explore exile, memory, love and human resilience. His acclaimed collection "Qoaling" showcases his voice and emotional concerns. He lives in Paris, France.
Poem of the Day, 25 Nov 2025
Louise Glück was an American poet renowned for her clarity, emotional intensity, and mythic themes. Her work often explores family, trauma, and identity. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Poem of the Day, 24 Nov 2025
Hilary Sideris (born in Warsaw, Indiana; exact date not publicly available) is a Greek-Irish American poet. Her collection "Most Likely to Die" reflects gritty intimacy.
Poem of the Day, 23 Nov 2025
Peter Trower was a Canadian “logger-poet” whose rugged, lyrical work drew on decades in British Columbia’s forests. Celebrated for his vivid portrayals of working-class life, he authored many books, including the acclaimed collection 'Haunted Hills and Hanging Valleys'.
Poem of the Day, 22 Nov 2025
Michael Blumenthal is an American poet, essayist, and novelist whose work is celebrated for its lyrical warmth, emotional honesty, and quiet insight into the human condition. A former lawyer and Harvard’s Director of Creative Writing, he brings a rare blend of intellect and tenderness to his writing. His acclaimed collection "Days We Would Rather Know" is just one example of how he captures the complexities of the human psyche with grace and clarity.
Poem of the Day, 21 Nov 2025
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) was a celebrated Polish poet, essayist, and translator. She won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature for her witty, ironic, and profoundly empathetic poems that explore history, human existence, and philosophical questions with deceptive simplicity.
Poem of the Day, 20 Nov 2025
Rethabile Masilo is a Mosotho poet whose work often reflects places, people, and experiences from his life. His books 'Qoaling' and 'Mbera' revisit memories and moments that continue to shape his writing.
Poem of the Day, 19 Nov 2025
Norman MacCaig, born in 1910, was a Scottish poet celebrated for lucid imagery, wry humour, and deep attention to nature and place, especially Assynt, shaping modern Scottish verse and beyond.
Poem of the Day, 18 Nov 2025
Jack Gilbert (1925–2012) was an American poet celebrated for his spare, intense verse on love, loss, and beauty. He shunned fame, lived abroad, and won the Yale Younger Poets Prize.
Poem of the Day, 17 Nov 2025
Linda Gregg (1942–2019) was an acclaimed American poet known for her spare, luminous verse exploring love, loss, nature, and myth. A student of Robert Bly, she published eight collections, including Too Bright to See and All of It Singing, earning the PEN/Voelcker Award.
Poem of the Day, 16 Nov 2025
Michelle McGrane is a South African poet whose collection The Suitable Girl blends sharp imagery with lyrical introspection. Her work often explores identity, memory, and desire, marked by clarity, nuance, and emotional resonance throughout her poetry.
Poem of the Day, 15 Nov 2025
Wendell Berry is an American poet, essayist, farmer, and environmental activist whose work celebrates rural life, community, ecological responsibility, and the sacred connection between people and the land, urging sustainable living and mindful stewardship.
Poem of the Day, 14 Nov 2025
Rethabile Masilo (born 1961, Lesotho) is a Mosotho poet living in Paris whose work explores exile, memory and cultural identity. His book 'Mbera,' published by Canopic Publishing in 2024, represents a significant new phase in his poetry‑career, weaving past and present through elegiac and resonant voices.
