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John Henry Boner was an American poet, editor and government employee who would eventually become known as "North Carolina"s First Man of Letters". He was born on the 31st January 1845 in the Moravian community of Salem. He had a rudimentary education and went to work for the local newspaper at the age of 13. This fuelled his journalistic ambitions and, by the age of ...
Today on My Poetic Side we have searched the news to bring you a round-up that includes an article on a school’s poetry program in collaboration with local football stars, the shortlist of the final five hopefuls for the poetry category of the National Book Awards and poems about plastic bottles. Football Stars Return to School for Poetry Class A poetry contest, which is ...
Joseph Furphy was an Australian poet and novelist who often wrote under the pseudonym “Tom Collins”. His work was so well regarded that he became known as the "Father of the Australian novel" with his title Such Is Life, published in 1903, becoming a classic of Australian literature. He was born on the 26th September 1843 at Yering Station, Victoria, the son of ...
Today we bring you poetry for austerity, Poetweet; the website that turns tweets into poetry and Latvian coins commemorating a poet. We Shall Overcome This weekend in and around Nottingham a group of musicians and poets will be joining forces for a full 4 days of charity gigs in aid of the anti-austerity movement. We Shall Overcomes, aims to bring a varied selection of ...
Joseph Hall was an English satirical poet and clergyman who rose to the rank of Bishop despite being a controversial character throughout his life. Many saw his work as being a direct attack on the establishment during the latter years of the Elizabethan age but, in truth, he was not alone in producing such barbed material and it did not cost him ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you stories from all over the world; from Qatar to the US and then back to the UK. Poet has Citizenship Revoked Mohammad Bin Futais Al Marri, the well-known and respected poet in Qatar has had his citizenship revoked in a startling move by the government. In the last few months Qatar has been cracking down on ...
Joseph Howe, PC was a Canadian poet who was, perhaps, best known for his political achievements. As a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada he was in a position to do great work for his country and proved to be both an able and a very popular politician. He was also known as a prolific poet and journalist throughout Nova Scotia, creating ...
This week at My Poetic Side we begin with a story that once again combines poetry and politics, with an article about Boris Johnson, we also look at a schools poetry programme inspired by the landscape that inspired Seamus Heaney and we finish with the 13 year old winner of the Betjeman poetry prize. Boris Puts His Foot in it! Footage aired this weekend ...
Joseph Johnston Lee was a Scottish poet who wrote about the First World War but, curiously, has been largely ignored amongst others of that generation. For this reason he is often referred to as Scotland's “Forgotten' War Poet". Besides this he was also an artist, a playwright and journalist. He was born sometime during the year 1876 in the north eastern city of Dundee, ...
Our final news round-up of the week brings you a denied entry visa, a look at poetry on Twitter and a Limerick bid for the European City of Culture. South African Poet Denied Entry to the UK Athol Williams, an acclaimed South African poet and author was due to return to his studies at the University of Oxford on Wednesday but instead was denied ...
