Dear Friends, Poetry has the power to sustain and connect us in times such as these.  I’m so proud of the Poetry Archive team, whose commitment and passion to share our poetry collections with ...

On 31st May, we launched the Poetry of South Asia collection at kslitfest. Thank you to Khushwant Singh Literary Festival for hosting us and to Robert Seatter for chairing the event. We would ...

Our copywriters provide our visitors with accessible information about the poet’s life and career and introduce them to the poet’s work. Thank you to all the copywriters who worked with us on ...

“The Poetry Archive depends on our Membership and fundraising to make and preserve recordings of poetry, and we are hugely grateful to the National Heritage Lottery Fund for enabling us to ...

As the Poetry of South Asia collection goes live to the public, we want to shine a light on the incredible community of volunteers who’ve made this vast project possible. From our ...

Shannon Kira McMillan“Volunteering with The Poetry Archive on the Poetry of South Asia collection has been a fun and rewarding experience. It’s helped me develop research and data management ...

Former BSL poet Kabir Kapoor performing his BSL poem:        

Written by Devi Chatterjee   Poetry recitation and textile weaving share a rich intimate history rooted in South Asian craft and oral narratives. In rural communities, not only would the weavers ...

We’ll be launching our new ‘Poetry of South Asia’ Collection at 11am on 31st May 2025 at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, SOAS, London! Immerse yourself in an afternoon of literary ...

anna (n) – an old monetary value of India and Pakistan, equal to one-sixteenth of a rupee  ashram (n) – religious retreat  bacilli (pl. n) – rod-shaped bacterium, found ...

The minute, true-to-life details, from which many of Arvind Krishna Mehrotra‘s poems are comprised, give his poetry a candid, documentary-like quality. The imagery which appears within ...