US Laureate Named – Poetry News September 19th

Published by Joanne Jeffries September 19th, 2025.

This week on My Poetic Side we take a look at the new US Poet Laureate. New US Poet Laureate Named The author and translator Arthur Sze has been named as the new US poet laureate. The announcement was made by the Library of Congress on Monday this week, during a time when they are under fire from the ...

Laureate’s Poem Ineligible / Pegasus Awards Winners Announced – Poetry News Roundup September 12th

Published by Joanne Jeffries September 14th, 2025.

This week’s poetry news round up takes a look at the poem withdrawn from the Forward Prize and the winners of the 2025 Annual Pegasus Awards. Poet Laureate’s Poem Withdrawn from Shortlist over “Eligibility Error” The poem “Birds of the Arctic” written by Simon Armitage has been withdrawn from the category of Best Single Poem in this years Forward ...

Poet’s Statue To Be Rebuilt / Rydal’s Poet In Residence / Kadiiski Passes Away – Poetry News Roundup September 5th

Published by Joanne Jeffries September 5th, 2025.

This week’s poetry news round up looks at a promise to rebuild a statue of a poet, Rydal Mount’s poet in residence and the death of Kiril Kadiiski. Statue to Uzbek Poet to be Rebuilt A monument to the 15th century Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi, widely acknowledged as the founder of Uzbek literature, was recently destroyed by the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan. Now, just ...

Gwendolyn Brooks Awards / Pulitzer Poet Nomination – Poetry News Roundup August 29th

Published by Joanne Jeffries August 29th, 2025.

This week our poetry news round up looks at the 2025 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards and one of the poets nominated for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Winners of this year’s Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards Announced The 2025 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards has announced the 37 youth poets who have been named as this year’s winners. The award is given for ...

Obasiota Ibe’s Fellowship / Hikmet Document Found / O’Sullivan Died – Poetry News Roundup August 22nd

Published by Joanne Jeffries August 22nd, 2025.

This week on My Poetic Side, we look at one of the 2025 winners of the Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows award, a document linked to Nazim Hikmet and the death of the poet Derry O’Sullivan. Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe Announced as Fellowship Winner Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe has been named as one the 2025 winners of the Ruth ...

Blue Plaque For Poet / Oswald Arrest – Poetry News Roundup August 15th

Published by Joanne Jeffries August 16th, 2025.

This week’s poetry news round up takes a look at the blue plaque for a “forgotten poet”, and the arrest of Alice Oswald. Spotlight for the Forgotten Poet of the Troubles Earlier this week a blue plaque was unveiled for the poet Padraic Fiacc, who’s poetry which captured some of the darkest years in the history of Northern Ireland ...

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