Explore why spring's symbols like blossoms and birdsong inspire artists and poets worldwide, reflecting renewal, beauty, and ...

Springtime is the season of renewal, but it can also be a season of ambivalence. After all, for something to be made new and fresh, it first has to have gotten old and worn. Perhaps this is why some ...

Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, Caleb Femi and Penelope Lively to consider poetry, ambivalence and beauty, with the arrival of spring. Show more As a new season arrives, Ian McMillan and guests ...

Spring is one of the most popular seasons and a favourite among the writers and poets as its beauty fires up their imagination like no other season. It signifies new life, bringing a lot of happiness ...

Is there a poem about spring that you think is missing from this list? Leave your comment below and your suggestion could feature in the alternative list next week ...

Spring Festival Couplet (春联), also known as Door Couplet, symbolizes the Chinese great expectation for the future. It is one of Spring Festival Mascots and a special literary form of Chinese ...

Dear Readers: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover week. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It is a time for new beginnings and fresh starts. It is a time when the ...

Editor's note: As winter chill still lingers through early spring, longing for warm days has sprung up everywhere. Before the flowers are in full blossom, here is a collection of ancient Chinese poems ...

As a new season arrives, Ian McMillan and guests consider ambivalence and beauty in writing about spring. This week Ian peers into the yellow heart of the daffodil to find out what makes a great ...