poetry Archives - Page 3 of 6 - The Oxford Blue

A row of statues, coloured blue, against a background of bricks on a temple.

Things in Jars

by Poppy Thornton April 29, 2024November 2, 2024

Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Ok, Love You, Bye!

by Alice Brooker March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Diaries of a Rusticated Student: The Grey (or Going Mad in a Poetical Way)

by Alice Brooker February 24, 2024February 24, 2024

We Shall Enter the Splendid City: Kill Your Darlings in Oxford

by Kelly Yu February 6, 2024February 11, 2024

A Room of Our Own

A Room of Our Own: The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands

by Nina Naidu January 19, 2024January 19, 2024

Poetry in the Digital Age: Instapoetry and Rupi Kaur’s Impact

by Nina Naidu November 25, 2023November 24, 2023

Remembering June Jordan

by Alice Watkinson November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

The Blueprint, Issue no.13: Summer 2023

by Niamh Walker, Izzy Lucas, Eliza Munday and Liberty Brignall November 6, 2023November 15, 2023

Poetry in The Age of Nostalgia

by Alice State April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

Sublime Drizzlings: Dwelling Fruitfully

by Chloe Smith March 23, 2023October 22, 2023

The Politics of the Prop: Analysing Hanson’s Parliamentary Pageantry.

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Dec 2, 2025 11 min read

The Politics of the Prop: Analysing Hanson’s Parliamentary Pageantry.

On 24 November, Pauline Hanson, a long-serving far-right Australian senator and leader of the far-right anti-immigration One Nation party, wore a burqa in the Australian…

Fleet Foxes: an album worthy of attention

Olivia-Mae Butterfield Dec 1, 2025 5 min read

A photo of the Fleet Foxes vinyl cover

“Fleet Foxes’ eponymous debut album is the gift that keeps on giving for lovers of acoustic, vocally-interesting tunes”. Olivia-Mae Butterfield discusses her favourite underrated album.…

Generation Z Protests in Mexico: Anti-Violence or Pro-USA?

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Nov 30, 2025 9 min read

A poster during a protest in Mexico which says in Spanish: "In Mexico, it is safer to be a drug dealer than to be a student."

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the recent Generation Z Protests throughout Mexico, evaluating their anti-corruption and anti-violence sentiments, as well as their potential political motivations which might…

To “Slay” or Not To “Slay”

Elena Chiam Nov 30, 2025 5 min read

Provided by Ngoc Diep (Alice), used with permission. Website: The Oxford English Dictionary.

slay /sleɪ/: to impress someone very much or to be very good or impressive (Cambridge Dictionary, 2025); “slay the house boots down houston i’m deceased”…