I saw my friends and the grief left, then heard a song and it came back. I wore my party shirt to a funeral, then wore my ...

Northern English poet Harrison published a powerful work inspired by vandalised gravestones in his hometown Leeds.

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

Short poems like this one may not be top of mind when considering funeral poetry, but it’s a moving option for those who are grieving. But thine are all my tears since thou art dead. To ...

But Perfume Genius has been thinking about death lately, and he sounds lighter than ever. Now established as a musician after ...

The American scholar of 20th-century literature and culture Elizabeth Outka has argued that works such as The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats (1919) and The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot (1922) can be read ...

Against the white coffin, a saxophone and pink guitar were placed, displaying two of the great passions of Bridie Hennessy’s ...

Tributes have flowed for Galway crime writer Ken Bruen who died at the weekend, with the author being remembered as a ...

After spending more than 100 years unclaimed, the cremated remains of a woman who died of a stroke while visiting Woodstock ...

Towering Wyoming politician’s life is celebrated in pure Simpson fashion: with a whirlwind tour of his home state.

Leonard Peikoff dedicated his life to promoting the author’s vision of freedom and self-determination. But at what cost?