Poetry

Minds, like libraries, should be well-stocked

The great man’s peerless poetry is not the “soppy stuff” of cheap romanticism, but a harsh, unsparing — and often beautiful — look at the world

The playwright will not be remembered for his poetry

On a love with limits

How does a writer become a figure of cultish renown?

The acclaimed novelist harboured dreams of writing verse

A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels

This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life

The fiftieth anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s Wintering Out is a chance to recognise the importance of place to his poetry

Not reactionary, just drawn that way