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Juliusz Słowacki was a 19th century Polish Romantic poet, one of the so-called Three Bards of that period in Polish literature when much anguished poetry was written about the loss of Polish sovereignty. He and his two contemporaries, Adam Mickiewicz and Zygmunt Krasiński, were exiled in France for their own safety but this status did not, at the time, endear them to ...
Welcome to another week here at My Poetic Side. As Remembrance Day draws near we take a look at the iconic poem “In Flanders Fields” and the Royal British Legions latest poppy artwork. We also bring you a story about PEN America and the letter to the Chinese government regarding Liu Xia and her “house arrest”. In Flanders Fields… On the 11th November at ...
John Kendrick Bangs was an American writer of mostly humorous poetry and prose who spent some time as an Associate Editor on Life magazine, this being a good outlet for a lot of his work during the late 1880s. He also held editorial positions with the Harper’s group of magazines. He might have become a politician as well but failed in his attempt ...
Our final news roundup of the week brings you the heart-warming story of the President of France replying to a British girls poem with a poem of his own. We also look at a story that speculates whether Henry Lawson, the bush poet was gay. A Poem from the President It’s not every day that a British schoolgirl is likely to receive a letter ...
It is almost the end of another week here at My Poetic Side and today we bring you an interesting article about the Nobel prize for Literature and its rules on nominations. We also bring you the story of a Belarusian poet who has been jailed. Posthumous Nobel Prize Awards – Campaign Launched to Lift Ban Daphne Williams-Fox, the granddaughter of the late Pulitzer ...
John Keble was an English poet, university tutor and eminent clergyman who was one of the founders of “The Oxford Movement”. This was an initiative to enhance the teachings of the Church of England with some of the older, Christian traditions, creating a form of Anglo-Catholicism. This process became known as Tractarianism. He was born on the 25th April 1792 in the small Gloucestershire ...
In our round up today we take a look at the poets who are fighting back against sexual harassment with poetry and we look at the Poetry in Potato Bags Project. Don’t be Sorry to be a Woman Says McKayla Robbins It is hard not to tune into the news at the moment without hearing the stories of sexual assault that are emerging in ...
John Jay Chapman was an American writer who was a passionate abolitionist and who wrote in strong terms about the “get rich quick” attitudes of those who sought to profit from a post-Civil War America, during the so-called “gilded age”. He was also a practicing lawyer for ten years of his life. He was born on the 2nd March 1862 in New York ...
Today’s round up brings us stories from Poland, Wales and Canada as once again we travel around the globe looking at poetry related stories that have made the news. Zbigniew Herbert to be Honoured 29th October marked the 93rd anniversary of the birth of the Polish poet, Zbigniew Herbert. The poet, essayist and playwright is considered by the Polish parliament to be one of ...
John Howard Payne was a US poet, songwriter, playwright and actor. His most well known piece of work was a song written in 1822 called Home! Sweet Home! An Englishman wrote the music for this piece which was part of Payne’s opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan and the words “…be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home” are very ...
