The power of poetry
by Ana Paula RoldaoPoetry can change society! That is what Marluce Lima is eager to spread: kindness in the form of poetry to make the world a better place. Born in São Paulo, the 29-year-old Brazilian poet is…
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How many poetesses do you know?
by Alexia KlinglerInternational Women’s Day is the perfect occasion to make a feminine knowledge check-up. “First poetry is not my cup of tea, so guess for women’s place within…”, “Actually none”, “It is known for being a…
The life of Irish World War I poet Francis Ledwidge
by Rachel CareyOn the 24th April 1916, Francis Ledwidge was lying in a hospital bed in Manchester wounded from fighting in the First World War; at the same time his good friends Thomas MacDonagh and Padraig Pearse…