Today's poetry news round-up takes a look at renovations on a Japanese shrine linked to a poet and the poet laureates guest appearance at an event in Nebraska. Renovation Begins on 1100-Year-Old Shrine Across Japan, there are many shrines. However, the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, which can be found in Dazaifu, is said to be one of the most important. This ...
Today's poetry new round-up looks at the poet-inspired Eurovision song, a play about Sylvia Plath and the winner of the 2023 Ondaatje prize. Austria’s Poet-Inspired Eurovision Entry On Saturday, hordes of people across Europe were glued to their TV screens to watch Eurovision 2023. Hosted in Liverpool on behalf of last year's winning country Ukraine the show promised to bring ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner and the ground-breaking exhibition for a Japanese poet and artist. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Awarded Carl Phillips, who is a poet and works as a professor at Washington University, has been named as this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The prize has ...
Today on our poetry news round-up we look at the coronation of King Charles III, and we have a short story about a new genus of butterfly. The Poet Laureate's Poem for a Coronation Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, has written a poem to mark the occasion of the coronation of King Charles III. Titled “An Unexpected Guest”, the ...
Today in our poetry news round up we look at the winner of the Hall-Waters Prize, poet-inspired cocktails and Phillis Wheatley’s “Little Book”. Hall-Waters Prize Awarded to Terrance Hayes The poet and essayist Terrance Hayes was awarded with the Hall-Waters Prize during a lunch at the International Arts Centre of Troy University last Friday. The prize is given for excellence ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a hattrick of poetry prize winners. We have the winners of the Leipzig Book Prize, the Stella Prize and the Moth Prize. Leipzig Book Prize Winner Announced The Russian-Jewish poet and author Maria Stepanova has been announced as the 2023 winner of the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. The ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the "Windiest Storm Ever" and its poetic inspiration, as well as the re-appointment of a Laureate and the winner of the Cervantes Prize. Storm that Inspired Poetry Confirmed as Windiest ever in UK Scientists have been looking at the data from the 1903 storm, which was named Ulysses, and have determined that it is ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the TikTok accusations of poetry plagiarism and the exhibition of Sadi’s work in Tehran. Hottest Gen Z Poet on TikTok Accused of Plagiarism If you have ever explored the world of poetry on TikTok then there is a good chance that you have happened across Alizia Grace and her poetry. The 19 ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the anniversary of the death of Idris Davies, the Children’s Laureate’s trip to the library and the exhibition about the Rossetti’s. Rhymney Bells Chime for Famous Poet On 6th April at approximately 1pm the bells of Rhymney chimed to mark the 70th anniversary of the day that the poet Idris Davies ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the 207th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Bronte, the poetry gift from one President to another, and the house with stunning views and a poet connection that has just gone up for sale. Charlotte Bronte: 207 Year Anniversary of her Birth The 21st April will mark 207 years since the birth ...
