We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ...

Harry Cluff on the debts owed by Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams & Rainer Maria Rilke to the painter.

Her verses revolve around the loss ... dead find their way into the afterlife. Short poems like this one may not be top of mind when considering funeral poetry, but it’s a moving option for ...

Like many funeral poems that give comfort to the grieving ... is one of the most memorable quotes from the movie. But even without its mention in the film, Walt Whitman’s poem deserves a ...

Early experiments in spirit-guided and automatic art contributed to the rise of abstract and visionary movements ...

And once the wedding unexpectedly becomes a funeral, the emotional baggage is well and truly unzipped – dirty laundry flying across the drab Blackpool function room. Day’s script is smart and incisive ...

God Bless the Child.” “I’ll Be Seeing You.” And of course, “Strange Fruit.” Ten writers and musicians share what they love ...

Travellers to Alexandria in Egypt can visit the restored apartment of Constantine Cavafy, the favourite bard of Jackie ...

There’s suggestion of the celebrant picking up Halloween decorations in a bid to make the room – an appropriately bland ...