Poetry, too, can be a snowstorm, or a salve on a painful day. In a Sunday newspaper, it may just be a needed break from the politics in the Opinion section. Whether or not these columns have ...

The line break between stanzas two and three moves from the idea ... This establishes the mood of paranoia that pervades the rest of the poem. It also asks another question about how Leila is ...

In his opening remarks, artistic director Ryan Van Winkle described those assembled in St Andrews for this year’s StAnza poetry festival as “the best audience for poetry in the world”.