With stories from across the globe surrounding both old and newly discovered poets, we bring you today's news roundup.
Poet gains Master’s Degree from fifth top University
South African born poet, Athol Williams, was awarded a distinction this week from Oxford University, bringing his total Masters degrees tally to 5 – with degrees from University of Witwatersrand, Massachusetts’ Institute for Technology, Harvard and the ...
Jessie Mackay was a New Zealand poet who, although never having been appointed to the position, was considered by many to be the “unofficial” poet laureate of her country. She was one of the first native-born New Zealand poets and was a champion of national awareness through her writing. Additionally she was, at times, a school teacher and editor of a local newspaper.
She was ...
Today"s news covers an import memorial, news of a search for Orlando"s 1st Poet Laureate and poet Vanessa Evers" first foray into theatre.
Memorial poem for Henry David Thoreau"s 200th Birthday
To celebrate the 200th birthday on July 12th of celebrated poet Henry David Thoreau, Robert Chute, Professor Emeritus of Biology and acclaimed Maine poet, has written ...
Johann Ludwig Uhland was a German poet, historian and lawyer. He had a particular interest in philology and French and German medieval literature. He also served the new German parliament during the early part of the 19th century.
He was born on the 26th April 1787 in Tübingen, a town in the Duchy of Württemberg, now in present day south western Germany. He had a keen interest ...
Jigar Moradabadi was the nom de plume used by an award winning Indian poet who is best known for his ghazal poetry written in the Urdu language. This is a specialised form of poetry which consists of a refrain and rhyming couplets, with each line sharing the same meter.
He was born Ali Sikandar on the 6th April 1890 in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh. ...
News has reached us of the passing of Rudy Kikel, ages 75, at his home in Jamaica Plain.
He won numerous awards and accolades, and as well as publishing five collections of his own and editing two others, he was also the editor of Bay Windows, a Boston based gay community newspaper.
There are universal themes that all gay men and women will recognise ...
Some poems crave the outdoors – preferring to be read in the company of sunshine and picnic baskets. Others demand a cozy environment – bundled up in blankets as snow falls outside. Some poems keep us company through hard times, others give us respite when we feel overcrowded. Here at My Poetic Side, we believe that poetry is an essential part of life. And whether you’ve been reading poetry ...
Born 4th March 1954, Ukrainian-born Ratushinskaya – Ukraine was then part of the Soviet Union – graduated from Odessa University in 1976 as a physicist. She was a school teacher, marrying a fellow physicist, and had a strong Christian faith.
On the face of it, her upbringing and love of poetry did not make her the natural dissident. But Ratushinskaya was imprisoned for ...
Today's news roundup takes stories from Pennsylvania, Cambridge and King's Lynn.
University of Cambridge Researcher Claims AI can write poetry
Former Cambridge Researcher, Jack Hopkins, has developed a system using Artifical Intelligence to write poetry. The system, which has been ‘trained’ to write by being fed thousands of lines of previously written poetry, can adapt to write on specific themes, or within a specific ...
Jiří (also known as Georgo) Mordechai Langer was a Czech-born, Hebrew poet and essayist. He also spent a number of years as a teacher and a journalist.
He was born on the 19th March 1894 in Prague into an assimilated Jewish family. He attended orthodox Czech schools but, even at a young age, he felt the pull of Judaism. In his free time he ...
