William Shakespeare is the bestselling poet of all time. The word 'poetry' is from the Greek term poiesis, which means 'making'. The oldest written poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh originating from ...

How to understand open and closed form in poetry Closed form poetry ... How to draft poetry Discover how you can draft your own poetry using examples from Wilfred Owen’s ‘Anthem for Doomed ...

When Lear was writing, the last line was often the same as the first apart from this twist, but this is no longer the popular form. Limerick poems follow repeated patterns. They often open with ...