Today we dedicate our news round up to a look at the winners of this year’s annual Forward Poetry Prizes. The 26th Annual Forward Poetry Prizes Last night at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre some of the nation’s most coveted poetry prizes, sometimes referred to as the poetry Oscars, were awarded. The Jury Chairman, Andrew Marr, and the judging panel heard readings from ...
Today at My Poetic Side we bring you poetry stories about a confrontation at the UN, the unlikely combination of wrestling and poetry and the 50th anniversary of oldest Independent Black press in the United States Trump Trolled with Poetry On Tuesday in his debut speech to the UN President Donald Trump said that the Iranian government was “a corrupt dictatorship behind the false ...
Juan del Encina was a Spanish poet, playwright and musical composer whose name is also sometimes recorded as Juan del Enzina. He holds the prestigious honour of being one of the founders of Spanish drama, along with a Portuguese troubadour and writer named Gil Vicente. He was born Juan de Fermoselle on the 12th July 1468 somewhere near the north western city of Salamanca. ...
Juan Ruiz was a famous Castilian poet of medieval times who is also known as the Archpriest of Hita. Amongst the many poems against his name is, perhaps, his most famous composition, a ribald piece called Libro de buen amor which translates as The Book of Good Love. A manuscript extract from it is illustrated above. It is widely believed that this piece of work was completed in 1343 ...
Today’s poetry round up looks at the new Australia $10 bill and rejoices in the news that the author of Prison Poems has been released after 10 years in jail. New Australian $10 Bill Tomorrow Australia will roll out their new $10 bill; the shape, size and colour are still the same but these new look notes boast a couple of changes. Notably better ...
Joseph Rodman Drake was one of the early American Romantic poets who made a notable contribution to his country’s literature during his all too short life. He also practiced as a physician until his life was tragically cut short when he fell victim to consumption in his mid-twenties. He was born on the 7th August 1795 in New York City. His early family circumstances ...
Today’s poetry round up brings us a diverse selection of stories, from the illustrator who has been doodling on poems to the convicted shoplifter who won a poetry competition and hopes to turn his life around. We end todays round up with a story about a concert to honour Alfred Lord Tennyson. The Forward Book of Poetry 2018 On Thursday, the 21st September the ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with stories about the U.S youth poet laureate, Canada’s parliamentary poet laurate and an outpouring of poems for a slain journalist in India. U.S Youth Poet Laureate Takes to the Stage This summer Amanda Gorman became the first ever U.S. youth poet laureate; the 19-year-old earned the position not only for her literary talent but ...
John Sheffield was an aristocratic English poet and politician of the late Stuart period. Although sometimes known as Lord Mulgrave, which was his original title, his full title was the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normandy with post-nominals of KG and PC. He rose to great heights in the Tory party, serving as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Privy ...
John Sleigh Pudney was a 20th century English poet, fiction writer and journalist. He was born on the 19th January 1909 in a small village called Langley Marish, Berkshire. His parents were able to send him away to be educated at Gresham’s School in Holt, Norfolk and it was here that his love of literature was nurtured. Friends at school included future writers W ...
