Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprise online poetry class for Black History Month

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make a surprise appearance in Zoom poetry class in honor of Black History Month where Duchess ‘shared some of her favorite lines’ with stunned teenagers Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, joined a free poetry class organized by US-based group Get Lit Poetry, which works with young people across the country  … Read more

Poetry? It’s the new pop: The best books for gifting those who love rhymes this Christmas

Poetry? It’s the new pop: The best books for gifting those who love rhymes this Christmas Bel Mooney rounded up a selection of this year’s best poetry books Among the British literary critic’s top picks is Neil Astley’s Staying Human  She reads Allie Esiri’s Shakespeare For Every Day Of The Year each morning By Bel … Read more

Halsey shows off colorful new buzz cut in Instagram selfie as she celebrates release of poetry book

Halsey shows off colorful new buzz cut in Instagram selfie as she celebrates release of poetry book By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 06:37 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 06:37 GMT, 11 November 2020 She startled her fans at the weekend when she debuted her newly shaved head on Instagram. And on Tuesday, Halsey … Read more

Poetry book penned by Auschwitz prisoners who hid it from Nazi guards is returned to museum

A haunting book of poetry penned by Auschwitz prisoners who kept it hidden from Nazi guards has been returned to the death camp’s museum after it was discovered in a survivor’s cupboard in Poland. The harrowing 32-page notebook containing 17 poems with ‘snapshots of immense suffering and longing for freedom’ was compiled by female inmates … Read more

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s new work about coronavirus is released to mark National Poetry Day

It could be verse! Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s uplifting new work about how coronavirus pandemic has changed lives is released to mark National Poetry Day today Poet Laureate Simon Armitage said lockdown sometimes left him lost for words His new work is about how pandemic changed lives and is released today It’s a commission for … Read more

Lyrical solutions to lockdown blues: BEL MOONEY’s poetry roundup for National Poetry Day

Lyrical solutions to lockdown blues: BEL MOONEY’s poetry roundup for National Poetry Day By Bel Mooney for the Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 24 September 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 24 September 2020 POETRY  Poetry Roundup for National Poetry Day In testing times, people need words to channel their feelings, uplift and console — and … Read more

GCSE pupils are told they WILL have to study poetry after all

GCSE pupils are told they WILL have to study poetry after all – as furious teachers accuse Britain’s largest exam board of giving in to ‘demands of some celebrity poets’ Last month Ofqual said pupils would be able to drop poetry from GCSE courses But yesterday they were told poetry was compulsory, as well as … Read more

Pining, poetry… and pain: KATE MUIR reviews Chemical Hearts 

Chemical Hearts (Amazon) Rating: Verdict: Teen love tearjerker Perfumes (Curzon on demand and cinemas) Rating: Verdict: French olfactory odd couple  The One And Only Ivan (Disney Plus) Rating: Verdict: Live-action gorilla getaway Film streamers such as Amazon and Netflix are churning out coming-of-age romances in a hormonal rush right now. The latest, Chemical Hearts, will … Read more

Dacre Montgomery reveals the artwork to his forthcoming book of poetry

‘Can’t wait to share this with you all’: Netflix star Dacre Montgomery reveals the artwork to his forthcoming book of poetry… and when it will be released By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:12 BST, 9 August 2020 | Updated: 11:12 BST, 9 August 2020 Dacre Montgomery is a man of many talents.  … Read more

From bad to verse: Schools are given the OK to drop poetry from GCSE exams

From bad to verse: Schools are given the OK to drop poetry from GCSE exams as syllabus is pared back in the wake of coronavirus shutdown Regulator Ofqual yesterday unveiled a slimmed-down English literature syllabus  All students will be assessed on a Shakespeare play but can swerve poetry  It comes after pressure from teachers grappling … Read more