Darkness

Darkness is a narrative poem written by Lord Byron in 1816 during a period of extraordinary climatic and personal turmoil following the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which led to a year with...

The Arrow and the Song 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an American poet known for his lyrical and introspective works. The Arrow and the Song is a beautiful poem about the contrast between an "arrow" and a "song". This metaph...

I Can’t Help Blossoming

Dr K Ayyappa Panikar is one of the pioneers of modernism in Malayalam poetry. In his poem, I Can’t Help Blossoming he speaks about the importance of having the contentment of accomplishing one’s own l...

Agony

Anil Gharai is arguably one of the most significant authors of Bangla Dalit literature who has authored 74 books. His works deal with the stark everyday realities of people on the margins and the comp...

The Art of Losing

Tishani Doshi is an Indian English poet born to a Gujarati father and an English mother. This intermixing of two different worlds can be seen in her works. The Art of Losing is a poem that tells us ab...

Macavity: The Mystery Cat

Macavity: The Mystery Cat is a poem by T S Eliot that is part of his collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, a collection of feline-centered poems published in 1939. These poems later became t...

Sonnet 18

Sonnet 18, written by the renowned playwright and poet William Shakespeare, is considered one of his most beloved and famous works. This sonnet, often referred to as Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's...

A Satire Against Racism

Telephone Conversation is a poetic satire against the widespread racism still prevalent in modern western society. As the title suggests, the poem depicts a telephone conversation between a West-Afric...

Not My Best Side

Not My Best Side by U A Fanthorpe is a poem that humorously reinterprets the classical legend of Saint George and the Dragon by giving a voice to each of the three main characters depicted in Paolo Uc...

Daffodils

The poem, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, sometimes called Daffodils, is famous for its simplicity, sing-song-like rhythm, and thematic beauty. It is one of the best-loved poems by the fountainhead of r...