As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

DAP veteran Kepong MP Dr Tan Seng Giaw (pic) penned an ode to the importance of environmental stewardship. “This (poem) is just to make sure you do not interfere with the environment.

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

He didn’t read book reviews—or so he claimed—and he didn’t write them, preferring instead to let his poems find their natural audience, which turned out to be a wide one. He mocked ...

Nickels’ photograph took gold in the Behavior-Mammals category at the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards. This year’s competition drew thousands entries from 48 countries spanning six ...

“I fell asleep during an online lesson/ And woke up to find only myself on the screen,” goes a tanka poem by Rintaro Murakami, a third-year junior high school student. Around this time every ...

A collection of tanka poems by Machi Tawara, published this past autumn, contains this piece that may translate as follows: "No more appointments and work-related obligations to keep/ Peaceful ...

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