Can Andrew Motion cure verse-drama’s identity issues? March 2, 2011: And does he need to? With the news that Andrew Motion has turned playwright, The Guardian's Andrew Haydon questions his own knee-jerk response that poetry and theater can't mix. In fact, there's not even a phrase that accurately describes the combination (although to be fair to Motion, no one will know whether the "poetry" or the "theater" should [...] by Harriet Staff

Olympic athletes hit the (poetry) wall in London December 13, 2010: With pretty much every other "boosting" substance in sports coming under scrutiny these days, London thinks Olympic athletes could use a little inspirational help from poetry, according to the BBC. Winning Words asks fans to nominate their favorite works until January 6th for inclusion on a poetry wall that will live in the Athletes' Village, [...] by Harriet Staff

Imagine the First Liverpool Lennon Poet May 25, 2010: Dust off your John Lennon poems. Carol Ann Duffy is judging the first international John Lennon poetry contest. The Beatles Story is organising the global search for first ever Liverpool Lennon Poet in celebration of the life of the master lyricist. The final stages of the hunt will take place during the tribute season this October to [...] by Harriet Staff