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TV Drama Plagiarism/National Poetry Month/Leeds Lieder Poetry – Poetry News Roundup March 21st

 

Today's poetry news roundup takes a look at the TV drama accused of plagiarism, National Poetry Month in the US and more poetry that will be set to music for the Leeds Lieder Festival Poet Accuses TV Drama of Stealing Lines from His Poetry The poet Lee Hwon has called out the producers of “Should We Kiss First” on SBS in South Korea of ...

Walt Whitman/Protest Poet/Poetry Removal from Curriculum – Poetry News Roundup March 20th

 

In today’s poetry roundup we bring you Slovak musicians putting the poetry of Walt Whitman to music, a poet who has been fined for a protest during an election and finally a poet who has demanded his poetry be removed from the curriculum. When Music and Poetry Meet A Slovak musical project has chosen to combine the works of the American poet Walt ...

Florida Book Awards/Ledbury Poetry Festival/Irish Rugby – Poetry News Roundup March 19th

 

We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with three stories. The first takes a look at the 2917 Florida Book Awards, the second the 2018 Ledbury Poetry Festival, and finally, we take a quick look at the poet inspiring the Irish Rugby team with a poem. 2017 Florida Book Awards The winner of the 12th annual Florida Book Awards have just been announced. The award has been given for books ...

Barbados Laureate/Brunel Poetry Prize/Sandor Petofi – Poetry News Roundup March 16th

 

Our final poetry news-round up of the weeks brings us the first poet laureate for Barbados, the shortlist for the 201 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and finally takes a look at a new exhibition dedicated to Sandor Petofi which is opening in Baku. First Poet Laureate for Barbados Earlier this week Barbados confirmed their choice for their first Poet Laureate as Esther Phillips. ...

Musician turns to poetry/Máirtín Ó Direáin – Poetry News Roundup March 15th

 

In this poetry roundup, we look at the musician who turned to poetry to help get his message across and we also have an article about a new exhibition in Galway about the life of the poet Máirtín Ó Direáin. Musician Recites Poet in Protest Song Roger Water, the British musician who is the former frontman of the legendary band Pink Floyd, who is ...

Poetry to the public/Airline Poet/Wilfred Owen – Poetry News Roundup March 14th

 

In today's poetry news roundup we bring you three stories the first about a poet who is bringing poetry to the public, on the buses, the second about a passenger who reached out to an airline via poetry on social media and finally a commemoration to the poet Wilfred Owen that will be opening in Birkenhead. Poetry on the Buses Customers travelling on Stagecoach ...

Lucie Brock-Broido Passes Away – Poetry News March 13th

 

In today’s poetry news roundup, we bring you the news that the world of poetry has lost another brilliant poet. Lucie Brock-Broido passed away on 6th March at her home following a short illness. Poet Lucie Brock-Broido Passes Away at 61 Yet more sad news has hit the literary world in America with the sad news of the death of the poet and teacher ...

WWI Poets – Poetry News Roundup March 12th

 

We begin the week with two news articles about World War I poets who are to be commemorated, the first with a book written about his life and the second with a commemoration ceremony that will be held in his hometown. Portsmouth Author Brings WWI Poet the Recognition He Deserves Sometimes the best art, unfortunately, emerges as a result of death, and this is ...

Theodore Roethke/ William and Mary/Punk Poet – Poetry News Roundup March 9th

 

Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at the fifty-fourth reading of Theodore Roethke poetry, the William and Mary 2018 Lemon Project Symposium and finally “The Punk Poet” John Cooper Clarke.  54th Theodore Roethke Poetry Reading The fifty-fourth Theodore Roethke reading of poetry, which is due to take place on 12th April, will be given by Charles Simic. Perhaps one of ...

Wilfred Owen/Windham-Campbell – Poetry News Roundup March 8th

 

In today"s poetry news roundup we bring you a story about the celebration of the poet Wilfred Owen that will be taking place at Ripon Cathedral and we look at the winners of this year’s Windham-Campbell prize. Centenary of War Poet to be Marked by Ripon Cathedral On 18th March, 100 years after the last birthday of the war poet Wilfred Owen, the ...