VOX POPULI: ‘Dandara’ puns still entertain amid destroyed shops of Wajima

Dandara” is a wordplay pun based on the 17-syllable haiku format, with its seven-syllable part represented by two expressions ...
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These stunningly gorgeous monochrome images by the legendary Michael Kenna celebrate stillness and serenity

In his book Same Sun Same Moon, photographer Michael Kenna joins forces with writer Pico Iyer to create an impactful powerful ...

I have spent the past 6 months reading hundreds of poems by young people – I was surprised to find hope, not despair

If you’ve read any commentary about younger people, none of the following statistics will surprise you. Approximately 19% of ...
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WW1: Has poetry distorted our view of the war?

Have we made a schoolboy error? When we think of World War One we picture weary soldiers ‘coughing like hags’ cursing as they wade through ‘the sludge’ of the trenches. We hear the ‘guttering’ and ...