A poem by Jan Fran: ‘Write it down, they say. You’ll feel better. But how to speak the unspeakable?’

Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, the journalist grapples with raising a child in a time of ‘tremendous helplessness’

‘We are in the inferno’: diaspora writers lead new movement of nature poetry

UK anthology inspired by question: ‘Where are our black and Asian nature writers?’ has boosted interest in genre

Melancholy made in Hungary is fuelling bestsellers across the globe – and widely misunderstood

A ‘capacity for despair’ forged by political oppression has long been consider a Magyar national trait. But after Orbán, writers in the country remind us that melancholy must not always be bleak

Peter Pegnall obituary

Other lives: Poet who founded a festival in Portugal and held workshops in Norfolk

A Rimbaud review – legendary poet’s unlikely transformation into entrepreneur is as odd as ever

Australian actor Blake Draper delivers a committed one-man performance tracking the writer as he morphs from enfant terrible to merchant

A poem by Janiru Liyanage: ‘I still remember watching my great-aunt struggle to breathe’

Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, the 17-year-old poet reflects on being ‘deeply moored to’ memories of his great-aunt’s last days

The Guardian view on booming poetry sales: Homer, meet the Instapoets

Editorial: In an unexpected twist, a Hollywood epic has contributed to Britain’s best-ever half-year in poetry sales

‘I felt so inspired’: Guardian readers on trying Homer’s epics after seeing The Odyssey

Readers describe how Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has ignited or reawakened their interest in classical texts

Love me, love my bruised ego: what the narcissist-artist film tells us about the fear of ageing

Bitter Christmas, Late Fame and The Christophers all depict geniuses aware of their waning acclaim and terrified it will end

It’s not just the Odyssey effect: poetry is booming because it’s the only language for these times of violence and chaos

From Homer’s epic to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, we can see how poetry fills the gap when ordinary ways of writing or speaking aren’t enough, says Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

A poem by Ziggy Ramo: ‘A Welcome to Country was booed on Anzac Day. The disrespect was blunt’

Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, rapper Ramo shares one about ‘being invited in and rejected at the same time’

It’s not just Homer: the new generation of poets enjoying epic success

Christopher Nolan’s film has made the Odyssey a bestselling book again, but a slew of new poets are breaking sales records, and have more in common with the ancient Greek than you might expect

Tell us: has Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey stoked your interest in classics and poetry?

We would like to hear from people for whom the film has increased their interest in poetry or classics in general

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost

Poetry sales surpassed £8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old poem

A poem by Keri Glastonbury: ‘Read it like a Lana Del Rey video … with ibises’

Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, Keri Glastonbury draws on a camping trip to the Warrumbungles in a poem about Australia, family and ageing