To put a death mask on tragedy, A drape on the mirror. But couldn’t make less. Not then, not soon. Each day, a new caption on the cartoon Ending that simply cannot be. One hears repeatedly, the role ...

This week's poem, popularly known as "Tichborne's Elegy", was written either by a terrorist or a Christian martyr, depending on your point of view. Chidiock Tichborne was born into a devout Catholic ...

"Gray's Elegy" is a poem that most older adults in the UK can quote, if only a few lines. In my ideal school curriculum, it would still be required reading. Musical, eloquent, moral, the "Elegy ...

A light touch and a wry tone are what readers typically remember from the poetry of Alexander Pope (1688–1744), but he was absurdly talented, a man from whom words poured out in meter and rhyme as ...

As chosen by the RTÉ Poetry Programme, our Poem of the Week is Bright Star, Elegy for David Bowie, by Graham Allen. Graham Allen is Professor of English at UCC. When he published his first collection ...

the listless pieces of my heart.

my back to where I know we are headed. Natasha Trethewey was named U.S. Poet Laureate earlier this year. She has written four collections of poetry: “Thrall,” “Domestic Work,” “Bellocq’s Ophelia” and ...