By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Poetry can be used to address and explore a range of pressing social issues, and racial prejudice and racial identity are among these topics which poets have written about powerfully, from a range of perspectives. Whether it’s African-American poets writing at the time of […]
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10 of the Best Poems about Resilience
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Resilience’ means a certain toughness in one’s psychological and emotional outlook: an ability to pick oneself up when life throws us difficulties and carry on regardless. This can be easier said than done, but resilience can be regarded as the cousin, if not quite […]
10 of the Best Anti-Love Poems
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Poetry’ and ‘love’ are almost synonymous in some people’s minds, with the very idea of poetry summoning images of the romantic – hopeless or otherwise – and rather highly-strung soul devoted to the beauty of words and the truth of love. But as well […]
10 of the Best Fantasy Poems
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Fantasy is at once a relatively recent and extremely ancient genre. Although it only became recognised as a distinct genre in the twentieth century thanks to writers like J. R. R. Tolkien and his followers, there’s a case for calling some of the oldest […]
11 of the Best Poems about Sadness
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Sorrow and sadness are common themes for poetry, so choosing just eleven of the very best poems about sadness is going to be tricky. In the selection that follows, we’ve tried to include a range of poems from a variety of poets, moving from […]