A Poet for Every Day of the YearAn inspirational, life affirming, provocative, moving or entertaining poem for each and every day of the year.

as British India descended into chaos

he's still around to tell the tale

The plane in which the members of a top Uruguayan rugby team were flying crashed into a mountain and was stranded 11

and how will we protect this fragile planet and humankind itself from our own destructive powers

'Deeply pleasurable

In 'Life's What You Make It' I look back with nostalgic delight on my life

What tools to exact such detail

Someone is recreating the murder scenes from her latest series

as an imagined conversation with the child she has lost

and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud

soups and more

Allow Gyles Brandreth to be your guide to not only the wonders of poetry - and there are many - but also its practical uses in everyday life