Robert Burns kept the day job
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1796 Scottish poet Robert Burns died at the age of 37. Burns is... Read More
Georgios Seferiades wrote poetry like the ancient Greeks
On this day in 1913 the Greek diplomat and poet Georgios Seferiades was born. Using the pen name George Seferis, he wrote many beautiful verses... Read More
William Carlos Williams felt upstaged by his friend TS Eliot
On this day in 1963 the poet William Carlos Williams died. Williams lived in New Jersey and was also a doctor, practicing medicine by day... Read More
Leap Year and other eccentricities
On this day in 1904 was born Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern) – the shortened name of a man who held the record for the... Read More
Make poetry
You don’t like reading poetry? Try writing it then. Modern poetry can be fun. Try the ‘cut-up’ poetry technique used by American writer and lifelong... Read More