W. B. Yeats at 150 somehow seems more alive than any other English-speaking poet of the last two centuries. He is no member of the Dead Poets' Society; his pulse is stronger than that of many poets ...

Mike Scott continues a decades-long love affair with the words of Irish poet WB Yeats on An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, an album of brilliant, mystical music worthy of Yeats’s immortal words. I bought ...

Pronounced poet/playwright William Butler (WB) Yeats wrote in 1922, “I have loved you better than my soul.” Yeats’ words remain as mystical as the autumn mist that descends and forms an ethereal ...

WASHINGTON — From Brussels to Boise, President Joe Biden has relied on the same line of Irish poetry to talk about a changing world. Biden has quoted “Easter, 1916” by W.B. Yeats seven times since ...

Poetry often transcends mere prosaic meaning, as this dreamlike tale by W B Yeats proves. Perhaps it talks of inspiration itself; but even if not, the last two lines roll off the tongue with a touch ...

In his 1892 poem Lake Isle of Innisfree, WB Yeats fantasizes about a life lived in solitude on an island in Lough Gill in Ireland, where the poet spent his summers as a child. Earlier this year, as a ...

A rarely seen photograph of the Irish poet WB Yeats, taken shortly before his death, went on public display for the first time this weekend at the famous Lissadell House in County Sligo. Lissadell was ...

One of China's main train operators will be displaying the poetry of Yeats and scenes from Sligo thanks to an initiative with Tourism Ireland. Shanghai Metro in China's largest City has dedicated one ...