The rhythms and imagery of childhood verses have inspired poets from Robert Louis Stevenson to Elizabeth Bishop. Now it’s your turn For most of us, our first exposure to the joys of verse was when we ...

A CD of Maltese poems and nursery rhymes, set to music by prolific composer Mro Dominic Galea, and a supporting website have been launched during an event at the Attard Primary School. The CD, with ...

Reading poetry in the language you're learning can be great fun. If you practice reading poetry out loud you get a good feeling for the sound and rhythm of the language. You can easily learn synonyms ...

The summer before I started high school I happened upon a little paperback titled “Immortal Poems of the English Language,” edited by Oscar Williams. At the time, I had — barring nursery rhymes — ...

Children need poetry early on if they are to appreciate it throughout life. Viv Hampshire suggests some activities and books for making a start. Children's Laureate Michael Rosen recently bemoaned the ...

Jonathan Goldstein: These poems come from wanting to create other fingers with which to reach out and touch You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

<p>Patrick Janson-Smith introduces Luis d'Antin van Rooten's extraordinary transformations of classic nursery rhymes into 18th-century French poetry, Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames</p> ...

A CD of Maltese poems and nursery rhymes, set to music by prolific composer Mro Dominic Galea, and a supporting website were launched recently at Attard Primary School. The CD, titled Taqbila, ...