We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you an article about the Poetry Pharmacy and we also take a look at the DASHing Words in Motion poetry competition. The Poetry Pharmacy You might not have thought of poetry as therapeutic but for many people it is, and this is exactly why William Sieghart, the founder of National Poetry Day set up the Poetry Pharmacy. The ...
Mary Hannay Foott was a Scottish-born Australian poet, art teacher and newspaper columnist whose best remembered piece of work is the poem Where the Pelican Builds. She was born Mary Black on the 26th September 1846 in Glasgow, the daughter of a merchant who took his family to Australia when Mary was seven years old. She went to school in Melbourne and also attended the ...
In today's news round-up we bring you three stories; we look at the new collection of poetry from Maksy Rylsky that is due to be published shortly having been translated into English, the poet in Zimbabwe who wrote a poem about the General who was involved in the recent presidential coup and the Seamus Heaney International Visiting Poetry Fellow. Publishers Print New Book of Poetry by Maksym Rylsky Born in 1895, Maksym ...
Mary Eliza Fullerton was an Australian poet, novelist and occasional writer of articles for newspapers. She often wrote using the pseudonym “Alpenstock” but when it came to publishing collections of poetry she also called herself simply “E”. It is believed that she did this because she was conscious of the likely prejudicial reaction of the literary world to a woman author who did ...
In today"s news round-up we bring you the story of a poetry funding boost for Peterborough and the poem that found a new audience last week when Donald Trump made a startling announcement about Jerusalem. Peterborough Poetry to Receive Funding Boost Funding of £14,000 has been awarded to Charley Genever the former Poet Laureate of Peterborough. The money which has come from National Lottery ...
The Lady Mary Chudleigh was an English poet whose strong views on the emancipation of women were, perhaps, well ahead of their time. She wrote a number of poems and essays on the relationships between men and women and maintained a strong feminist stance in much of her work. Her poem To the Ladies is a clear message to those women who, ...
We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a news article about a collection of Christmas cards from Robert Frost that have gone on display for the first time in over a century. We also look at the UAE poetry form that has been offered UNESCO safeguarding status. The Christmas Cards of Robert Frost A selection of Christmas cards sent by ...
Maurice Thompson was an American writer whose poetry often featured elements from the natural world that he had a keen interest in, such as botany and ornithology. He was also a novelist, essayist, engineer and lawyer who was elected a member of the Indiana State Legislature in 1879. He was born James Maurice Thompson on the 9th September 1844 in Fairfield, Indiana, the son ...
Our final news round-up of the week brings you poetry for the sidewalks, the four poetry collections due to be launched in Ireland next weekend and That poem by Taylor Swift that seems to have caused quite some interest in the press this week. Santa Clarita Seeks Poetry for Sidewalks The city of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County, California is seeking poets with ...
Maurice Rollinat was a French poet whose life spanned the second half of the 19th century. He was born on the 29th December 1846 in the town of Châteauroux which is the capital of the department of Indre, located in central France. When the boy was two years old his father was the local representative on the National Assembly. One of his father’s close ...
