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Ginsberg AI Works/New Oxford Poetry Professor/Cowboy Poetry – Poetry News Roundup 7th August

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, reinvented using AI, the new Oxford ProAugustfessor of Poetry Canon and the 35th Annual Cowboy Poetry Festival. Ginsberg Poetry Given New Life Using AI   The estate of Allen Ginsberg, the countercultural icon and acclaimed American poet, will be bringing his poetry to life thanks ...

Georgian Poet’s Exhibition/Tennyson Outrage – Poetry News Roundup August 2nd

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the exhibition that remembers a Georgian poet and the inclusion of Alfred Lord Tennyson on a list of notable LGBT figures. Exhibition to Remember Georgian Poet A new exhibition has opened up in the Georgian capital, which commemorates the poet Paolo Iashvili, a prolific writer who, during the Stalinist purge, took his ...

Yeats Prize/ Poet Laureate Fellows / Heaney’s Tribute to O’Connor? – Poetry News Roundup July 31st

 

We begin the week with a look at the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize, the 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows in America and the Tweet mistakenly attributed to a deceased poet. Winner of the Inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize Announced Sara Berkley has been named as the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize for “The Last Cold Day”. The ...

Oppenheimer Poetry Link/ Gingko Prize/ Burns’ Holiday Cottage – Poetry News Roundup 26th July

 

Today in our poetry news round up we look at the poetry links to the Oppenheimer film, the winner of the 2023 Gingko AONB Prize and the Robert Burns Holiday cottage. The Influence of Poetry on Oppenheimer With the opening of the film Oppenheimer this last weekend, a film which looks at the man who played a leading role in ...

The Laureates That Never Were – Poetry News July 23rd

 

We begin the week with a look at the interesting history behind the appointments that were made to the post of poet laureate during the 1960s to 1980s. The Poets, Who Were Not, Laureate Released by the National Archives in Kew, official papers shed some interesting light on the rather bitter backbiting and infighting that took place around the names ...

Dance Drama Honours Chinese Poet/ Ripon Barracks Campaign – Poetry News Roundup July 19th

 

Today on My Poetic Side we look at a dance drama honouring a Chinese poet and we look at the campaigners looking to save an army barracks with a poetic history. New Dance Drama Premiers in Honour of Chinese Poet “Poet Dongpo” is a new dance drama that is premiering to honour the works of Su Dongpo (also known ...

CLPE and Heaney Award Winners Announced/Depp Visits Dylan Thomas – Poetry News Roundup 12th July

 

Today our poetry news round-up looks at the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award winner, the Seamus Heaney First Poetry Collection Prize winner, and the actor's visit to the birthplace of Dylan Thomas. CLPE Children’s Poetry Award Winners Announced Connie Wanek and Ted Kooser have been announced as the 2023 winners of the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award for Marshmallow Clouds....

Unseen War Poems Publication/Copyright Case For British Museum – Poetry News Roundup July 10th

 

We begin the week with a look at some previously unseen First World War poems that are to be published. We also have a story about a poet suing the British Museum. Celebrated First World War Poet's Unseen Poems to be Published The University of York is making a collection of poems that have been previously unseen available to the ...

Poet’s Mother’s Home for Sale/Quentin Blake Illustration Display -Poetry News Roundup July 5th

 

Today's poetry news round-up looks at the property linked to a poet's tragic childhood that has gone up for sale and the Quentin Blake poetry exhibition. Townhouse Where Poet Witnessed the Murder of his mother Goes up for Sale A stunning townhouse in Savannah, where poet Conrad Aiken, bore witness to the murder-suicide of his parents, has been put ...