We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with the sad news of the death of the poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died after a short illness. Benjamin Zephaniah Dies Aged 65 The literary world was hit on Thursday, 7th December, with the news that the poet, writer and Peaky Blinders actor Benjamin Zephaniah had died at the ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the winner of the Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize and the football poem written by Dame Carol Ann Duffy. 2023 Winner of the Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize Announced The poet Zaffar Kunial has been named as the winner of the £5,000 Ledbury Hellens Poetry Prize. This is the fourth edition of ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you three stories: a poetry reading at a railway station, a cross-cultural play written by a poet, and a Holocaust memorial poetry competition. Poet Takes Part in Poetry Reading at Railway Station On Friday, 1st December, the poet Lemn Sissay took part in a rather unusual poetry reading at St Pancras International Station. ...
Today in our poetry news round up, we take a look at the 100th anniversary of Yeats’ Nobel Prize and the Phillis Wheatley book acquired by a museum. 100th Anniversary of Yeats’ Nobel Prize to be Celebrated This weekend, leading Irish poets will be gathering in Sligo to celebrate the centenary of the poet WB Yeats being awarded a ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we begin with a look at Michael Rosen’s Covid enquiry poem, the winner of the Latner Griffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize and the poet on the cover of Vogue. Covid Enquiry Poem by Michael Rosen At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the writer and poet Michael Rosen spent 48 days in intensive ...
Today in our poetry news round up we look at the Guam poet who has won the National Book Award, the purchase of Reading Gaol and the Palestinian poet who has been released from detention. Guam Poet Wins National Book Award for Poetry Craig Santos Perez, a poet who has roots in Guam, has been awarded the 2023 National Book ...
We begin the week on My Poetic Side with a look at the protest against the use of a famous poem in a film, a Seamus Heaney study and the sanitised versions of Chaucer’s works. Poet’s Family Protest Use of Anthem AR Rahman, the winning composer and singer, has been the subject of significant backlash for his rendition of the anthem known ...
Today's poetry news roundup looks at the boycott of the Poetry Foundation, the death of David Ferry, and the crisis faced by the Haiku. Writers and Poets Boycott the Poetry Foundation Over 200 writers and poets have made a pledge to boycott both the Poetry Foundation and “Poetry”, its poetry journal. The reason for their boycott is due to the ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the winner of the 2023 David Cohen prize. We also look at a recent event attended by Ada Limon. Winner of David Cohen Prize 2023 Announced The Scottish memoirist, poet and novelist John Burnside has been announced as this year's winner of the David Cohen Prize. Burnside, who has published ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you articles about the poet who refused an invitation from the President and the rare Yeats book with an unusual provenance. Poet Turns the President Down The poet Rupi Kaur, who shot to fame several years ago with her Instagram poetry posts and subsequent self-published poetry book “Milk and Honey” has once again ...
