If you’ve ridden the Toronto subway lately, you may have stumbled upon an unexpected bit of poetry in the ad space on the car. Maybe it was a haiku by Martin Gomes about the eternal nature of the seed ...

If you're anything like me, poetry collections intimidate you more than any other type of book. I'm not sure where this poetry fear starts for many of us. Perhaps from school, where we're expected to ...

Basking Shark To stub an oar on a rock where none should be, To have it rise with a slounge out of the sea Is a thing that happened once (too often) to me. But not too often – though enough. I count ...

Chinese classic poetry often discusses the beauty of nature or the benefits of a simple life. (Pixabay pic) When they are children, most Malaysians are taught the standard nursery rhymes and songs ...

Poetry does not have to be complicated, or full of difficult ideas or words. Many people stay away from poetry because they think they will not understand it. They are wrong. A poem can be simple and ...