FOR the last century, serious poetry has been largely secular. Literary types see religion as something literature has gotten over. Poets who fail to vanquish any Christian spirituality beyond what is ...

For poetry-dramatic poetry above all-is no more the vision of a life that is dead than it is a criticism of the life that now is. Rather it is interpretation-life itself got into perspective, so that ...

This year’s poetry roundup takes us from the streets of 1920s Harlem to modern-day Ukraine, from the wait for the Covid-19 vaccine to a sea that becomes a “whirlpool of grace.” We get a reflection on ...

ONE would feel happier about the future of poetry on the stage were it not for the defensiveness of those who proclaim it. Poetry had used the theatre and the theatre had used poetry for thousands of ...

“The first is the voice of the poet talking to himself—or to nobody. The second is the voice of the poet addressing an audience, whether large or small. The third is the voice of the poet when he ...

The Hindu Lit for Life 2025: ‘Modern poetry unseated god, anointed humans in that place’ Perundevi, in conversation with Bogan Sankar on “How Modern is Modern Tamil Poetry?” at The Hindu Lit for Life ...