William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our ...

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, 31, has published five full-length collections of poetry, most recently Commonwealth (2025). His Circle Line (2013) and Giving Ground (2016) were both shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize.

A month before COVID struck, I took a course in writing poetry. I chose poetry for the same reason I might have chosen opera singing or screenprinting: It was a subject I knew nothing about and in ...

Taylor Swift included original poems in each vinyl variant of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. Swift writes about her life as a performer, fiancé Travis Kelce’s impact on her, and the ...

Taylor Swift has written a new poem that will be included on her latest exclusive vinyl release for her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl. Swift announced The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is ...