The Poet Laureate looks into a tiger’s eyes, holds a giant African land snail in the palm of his hand, and stands in the middle of a room full of spiders as he drafts a brand new animal poem ...

The poet laureate has an intriguing encounter with a horse, as he tries to find a way into writing his new poem about animals. Simon Armitage has written a lot about animals in the past, but ...

Countless grieving pet owners have found solace in “The Rainbow Bridge”—a short free verse poem about pets awaiting their ...