No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...
Let us start with a little poetry joke, shall we? Q: What did the poet say to Luke Skywalker? A: Metaphors be with you! Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!
Iftikhar Arif is one of those handful of living Urdu language poets who have achieved greatness through their inimitable craft; in his case, it is the art of storytelling in verse that is distinctly ...
In a new column recently, author and critic Sumana Roy raises a very pertinent issue: Why are women not allowed to go in exile? Reading Tanya Mendonsa’s excellent new book of poetry — The Fisher of ...
Poet laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith. Credit: Shawn Miller/flickr/CC BY 2.0 Read excerpts of Tracy K. Smith’s poems, “My God, It’s Full of Stars” and “Watershed.” Read excerpts of Rafael ...
KARACHI: Parveen Shakir’s poetry is exceptional because it has wisdom (daanish) in it which is unique to the poetess herself. At the same time being a student of linguistics and a reader of world ...
In Mahmoud Darwish’s last published collection before his death, Athar al-Farasha (A River Dies of Thirst, translated by Catherine Cobham), there’s one poem that has received little attention: the ...
In a new column recently, author and critic Sumana Roy raises a very pertinent issue: Why are women not allowed to go in exile? Reading Tanya Mendonsa’s excellent new book of poetry — The Fisher of ...