Poetic License

What Bob Dylan’s critics don’t get: He uses ancient ‘imitatio’ to craft original songs

Because Dylan draws from songs from the past, he has been accused of plagiarism. But this view is coloired by a distorted understanding of the creative process.

Raphael Falco, The Conversation
· Oct 22, 2022 · 11:30 pm
You’ve read the poem? Now watch a short film about it

Filmmaker Shivam Sharma is giving Hindi and Urdu poems a visual makeover on his YouTube channel The Mansarovar Project.

Manish Gaekwad
· Oct 23, 2016 · 03:00 pm
What’s nearly as good as reading an Urdu poem? Hearing a recital by Fawad Khan

The right kind of actor can create a new audience for poetry.

Manish Gaekwad
· May 05, 2016 · 11:00 am

Everybody is a poet: Spoken word poetry spills out of cafes and into the streets

A new wave of collectives are democratising poetry.

Mayank Jain
· Apr 25, 2016 · 11:30 am