John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army, wrote possibly one of the most famous pieces of war poetry, In Flanders Fields, while observing the scenes outside a dressing station near Ypres in 1915.

Those words graphically bring to life a terrifying gas attack on a British trench during the First World War. They’re from one of the most famous poems of the war, “Dulce et Decorum Est” by ...

You can take a poem with you anywhere, but knowing its origins can help make it yours. Practice by playing our poetry emoji game.

A forgotten copy of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet 116 was found tucked away ... supporter of the monarchy during the English ...