"We were none of us in the front line." Longley and Heaney had attended some of the civil rights marches in the late 1960s. Later, in a BBC Northern Ireland documentary he said he was "overwhelmed and ...

Claude McKay, one of the most influential figures in the Harlem Renaissance, left behind a rich collection of poetry that ...

Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, ...

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...

Newsday Zimbabwe In urban lingo, gango is a meat frying pan used at beer drinking spots. Various types of meat are roasted ...

The best-written poems capture emotions, experiences, or images using a lyrical language. But what exactly is a poem, how is it different from prose, and how should we approach it?

The third set of stories and poems covers 'blends'. These are letters which join together to make another sound, for example, br ot, gl as, ia sg. Lists of the words in each set are given below. In ...

In hearing and seeing the relationship between spoken and written language, learners acquire and expand their vocabulary.