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  • Column: Allama Muhammed Iqbal at
    Most of us, poetry lovers or others, have read Allama Muhammed Iqbal at least some of him somewhere. To many he remained hard-to-understand philosopher poet. Iqbal has written pure poetry too which is equally remarkable. I like Dr Iqbal, one my favourite
  • Column: October at allpoetry
    OCTOBER

    The conkers (horse chestnuts to the uninitiated) are falling of the trees and will soon be joined by the leaves. The dark mornings and even darker nights have arrived to make the daily commute to and from work even more depressing. The ch
  • Column: The guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools at allpoetry
    When I was a youngster and, occasionally, listening to what my teachers would tell me, there were a lot of certainties in the things they would say. Not the least of these pronouncements were about what they called poetry, My English teacher, or should th
  • Column: Poetic Christmases at allpoetry
    Not everyone celebrates Christmas but for most it is still a time of festivity. Here are a few poetic examples of the season through the eyes of various writers.

    Though naturally Christmas, above all things, should be a celebration of the birth
  • Column: Christmas Time at
    Not everyone celebrates Christmas but for most it is still a time of festivity. Here are a few poetic examples of the season through the eyes of various writers.
  • Column: Celebrating The Poetry Of Francis Webb at
    Some information about the life of Francis Webb and some examples of his poetry so that he may be considered for addition to the content on Old Poetry. His full name is Francis Charles Webb-Wagg, however he chose to be published as Francis Webb.

  • Column: Happy Birthday Edgar Albert Guest at
    Born on the 20th August 1881 Edgar Albert Guest became one of the most popular American poets of his generation with a daily poem of his being syndicated in newspapers across the states for almost fifty years.
  • Column: Happy Birthday Edgar Albert Guest at allpoetry
    Born on the 20th August 1881 Edgar Albert Guest became one of the most popular American poets of his generation with a daily poem of his being syndicated in newspapers across the states for almost fifty years.
  • Column: Happy Birthday W. H. Davies at
    “What is this life if full of care
    We have no time to stand and stare?”

    Possibly the most famous couplet of the past hundred years was written by William Henry Davies
  • Column: Happy Birthday William H Davies at allpoetry
    “What is this life if full of care
    We have no time to stand and stare?”

    Possibly the most famous couplet of the past hundred years was written by William Henry Davies
  • Column: Yorkshire Dialect at allpoetry
    I have been reading and editting a lot of Yorkshire Dialect poetry of late, especially the work of Dorothy Una Ratcliffe and John Hartley, and am building up a dictionary to help with this rather than keep referring to several books and sites.
    To save
  • Column: Fighting Men (1916) contents at allpoetry
    Fighting Men was a thin volume of poems published by Elkin Mathews in 1916 and mainly consisted of poems from the pages of Punch, The Spectater, The Sphere and The Windsor Magazine
  • Column: Poetic Licence at allpoetry
    When I was young and reading and writing was a chore I had to endure I would encounter ideas and phrases that I would never meet in ‘real’ life. Phrases such as “look-ed o’er” instead of the more prosaic overlooked; “treads the fields of Elysium” instead
  • Column: POETS LAUREATE part 1 at allpoetry
    Poets Laureate.
    Who are they? What are they? read on...
  • Column: All The Other Children by Miss Cicely Fox Smith - poem links at allpoetry
    ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN is a wonderful book by Miss Cicely Fox Smith that contains black and white pictures of a variety of animals common in England and a few others seen on her travels.
    Each is accompanied by a brief commentary on appearance or habit
  • Column: Valentines Day at
  • Column: Valentine's day at allpoetry
    An old tradition that remains as popular as ever.
  • Column: Edgar Albert guest -- A Birthday Tribute at
    August sees the anniversary of one of America's most popular poets from the inter war years.
  • Column: Happy Birthday Ben Jonson at
    This month (11 June) sees the anniversary of the birth in 1572 of one of the greatest writers of Jacobean times.
    BEN JONSON

    http://oldpoetry.com/oa
  • Column: Cargoes, and the poetry of romantic and economic Man at
    John Masefield’s “Cargoes” is a very fine poem, packing an enormous amount of imagery and atmosphere into just 87 words. It is clear, vivid and immediate, and has been deservedly enshrined as a classic and repeatedly anthologized:
  • Column: In Praise Of Vernacular Poets at allpoetry
    We should not decry the writing of vernacular poets simply because they do not write in standard English.
  • Column: In Praise of the Vernacular Poet at
    We should not decry the work of vernacular poets solely on the grounds of the language they use.