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  • 1816

    John Keats – Despite being more concerned with poetry, Keats is the youngest person to pass his apothecary exams. [London, United Kingdom]

  • 1834

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Coleridge died in Highgate from heart failure that could have been brought on by a lung disorder. [London, United Kingdom]

  • 1959

    Louis Macneice – East of the Sun and West of the Moon is aired in the 25th of July 1959 [London, United Kingdom]

  • 1966

    Frank O'Hara – On July the 25th 1966 at the age of 40 Frank O'Hara dies in New York [New York, United States]

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Black Ice Dies / Nigeria Prize Poetry Longlist – Poetry News Roundup July 24th

This week in our poetry news round up we look at the death of the pioneering spoken word artist Black Ice and the newly announced poetry longlist for the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature. Spoken Word Pioneer Black Ice Dies Aged 54 [caption id="attachment_20768" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images[/caption] Black Ice, the Philadelphia poet who did as much as anyone to carry spoken word from the back rooms of open mic nights onto television ...


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