Mares Eat Oats sounds like nonsense but makes sense when slowed down. Read the lyrics and try it for yourself!

Ivy Close Images/Alamy In Ryan’s poem, the turtle’s physical attributes — her cumbersome shell and short legs, above all — seem only to be liabilities.

Every night, as darkness envelops us, one quiet presence of the moon watches over us. It’s not just a natural satellite or a ...

Discover the rich history of Iran, from ancient empires to modern turmoil, through the eyes of a cultural commentator.

You might have meant a ladies’ magazine which has a party line as rigid and sterile as that of, say, either the Communist or ...

Whatever emotion you're feeling can be found in poetry. So when life brings you down, turn to these inspirational poems to lift your spirits.

The damage, Trump announced, was “monumental.” It achieved the “Obliteration of their Nuclear Facilities,” then a “Complete ...

Oklahoma City poet and author Paul Juhasz will be tonight's feature poet for Wednesday Night Poetry, at Kollective Coffee+Tea ...

By the time Cream came together in 1966, they weren’t forming just another British rock group; they were creating a blueprint ...

In this month's RTÉjr Book Club, Ruth Concannon (Publications Officer for Children's Books Ireland), asks: Are you a ...

Samuel Johnson quipped that even the admirers of John Milton’s epic never wished it “longer than it is.” But “Paradise Lost” ...