We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Today’s poetry news roundup takes a look at the poet BenJamin Zephaniah on tour, a concert combining music and the poetry of Wilfred Owen in commemoration of the centenary of WWI and finally a revelation in the Australian literary world from the daughters of the poet Dorothy Hewett. Poet on Tour The poet Benjamin Zephaniah is currently on tour, playing to various locations across ...
The World Cup kicks off this week, so we decided it would be fun to have a World Cup of our own: The Poetry World Cup. We thought it would be a good idea to show you some international poets you may not have heard of while also celebrating some of the world’s best poets. If you are a football fan, you will have already noticed that the groups ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with a look at a new book into the life of Ezra Pound, we take a look at the poets mentioned on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list and finally we look at the poet writing poetry from prison. New Book Takes a Different Look at Ezra Pound Daniel Swift, a British scholar and an enthusiast ...
Our final news round-up of the week takes us to the other side of the Atlantic. Our first article is about a statue that has been erected in honour of the late poet Gwendolyn Brooks, our second is about the poet David W. McFadden who has passed away at the age of 77. Statue for Gwendolyn Brooks The first black woman to win a ...
In today's poetry news round-up we look at a Russian poetry flash mob, the poet who has produced a novel at the age of 99 and the election of the politician and poet Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces to the UN General Assembly Poetry Flash Mob When you think of flash mobs you mostly think of groups of musicians or singers, but the concept of ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you a variety of articles from all over the globe. We begin with a poet inspired walk in North Somerset, then we have a celebration being held for the anniversary of the Birth of W.B. Yeats and finally, we go to India for the discovery of a lost manuscript from a 17thcentury poet. National Trust Poet Self-Led Walk...
Today we bring you articles about the Caterpillar Poetry Prize, a commemorative coin in Greece that will honour a poet and the Kickstarter project to fund a poetry book. The Caterpillar Poetry Prize The winner of this annual prize that is given for an unpublished child’s poem, that has been written by adults has been announced as Coral Rumble. The winning poem is titled “Mustafa’s ...
Our first news round-up of the week takes a look at the failing health of the National Poet of Nepal, a collection of photographs that has gone up for sale and the 55thanniversary of the death of Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. Madhav Prasad Ghimire Re-admitted to Hospital Last week we reported on the National poet of Nepal who is in his nineties and had ...
Our final news round up of the weeks takes a look at a Palestinian poetry competition, the new poet laureate of Oregon who is following in his fathers footsteps and finally the winner of this years Ruth Lilly Poetry Award. Award Winners Announced in Palestinian Poetry Competition The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza (ICBSG) announced the winners of their poetry and ...
In today’s poetry news round-up, we take a look at a pro cyclocross racer that has turned poet, the amazing visual poetry display in Mayfair, and gunshot survivors that have turned to poetry to process their pain. Mayfair gallery displays visual poetry until July 7th London residents and tourists will have the opportunity to view visual poems dating back to the 1970s at the ...
