We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

Now, I tend to write funny rhyming poems. But as I tell kids at school visits, not all poems rhyme and not all poems are funny. But you’ve got to give poetry a chance. Here’s the first poem in ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

The Shadow: Poems for the Children of Gaza (Malta: Horizons, October 2024) is a collection of 42 original poems (21 by Ahmed Miqdad, 21 by John P. Portelli) which depict the state of being of the two ...

My dear friend David, a prolific writer, wrote a funny poem recently about half lives that made me rethink my own thoughts about birthdays. About how when we’re kids, we’re always rounding up to seem ...

I’ve always written poetry for children, but one night after a particularly ... I always wanted to write funny and also meaningful things to share, but I was never quite happy with my comics.

By Abby McGanney Nolan As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends ... Lucy Ruth Cummins and more depict the poetry, wonder and droll humor inspired by the great ...

Richard Thomas has seven kids: Richard, Brooke, Barbara, Gwyneth, Pilar, Kendra and Montana Richard Thomas didn't intend to ...

In Friday St. Paul show, expect the talented group to take on the issues of the day without much care for who might be ...

Jotting down ideas in notebooks is this 12-year-old writer’s secretJust before nap time, Anika Ann Anil conjures and shuffles ...

Do you really need anymore stuff? How about your partner, kids, family or friends? I know brains are wired to like shiny new things. This year, think about gifting wonderful books (suggestions below), ...

Young, who lived in Wells, on the north Norfolk coast, used poetry as a way to channel her emotions. She will be ...