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Jeanne Robert Foster Poems

 

Jeanne Robert Foster was the pen named used by the American poet, fashion model, teacher, social reformer and journalist.  She spent much of her life in the north eastern area of the United States having originated from the Adirondack Mountains region of upstate New York and she wrote at length about life in the mountains. She was born Julia Elizabeth Oliver on the 10th March 1879 in Johnsburg, ...

The Edinburgh Festival and old English dialects – Poetry news roundup 18th August

 

Poetry gets loud at Edinburgh The Edinburgh Festival, the largest arts festival in the world this year sees poetry is getting in on the act in a big way.  The Loud Poets are a collective of poets who established themselves in 2014 as a group determined to bring poetry to people who may not previously have considered it as entertainment. The Loud Poets, who comprise ...

Jessie Redmon Fauset Poems

 

Jessie Redmon Fauset was an African American writer, literary editor and teacher.  During the 1920s she was one of the first to present a true record of African American history through her poetry and essays, introducing characters who were of the professional class.  Writers before her, and sometimes since, had focused on the downtrodden, the disadvantaged, the enslaved.  Along with others of ...

India’s Poetry Scene And HaikuJam – Poetry News Roundup 17th August

 

Haiku conquering continents! For today’s poetry news round-up we bring you a tie-in with recent posts on India’s burgeoning poetry scene and the growing popularity of Haiku as a competitive activity. HaikuJam is poetry that is bringing together the poets and poetry lovers of India and Pakistan, and in the light of this year being the 70th anniversary of the partition of that great continent ...

Jean Antoine de Baïf Poems

 

Jean Antoine de Baïf was a translator of Roman and Greek and poet in classics16th century France.He was a member of the small group of French Renaissance poets who called themselves La Pléiade, other leading members being Joachim du Bellay and Pierre de Ronsard. He was born on the 19th February 1532 in Venice, the son of the French Ambassador at that ...

Picture This and Kavishala – Poetry News Roundup 16th August

 

Today’s news round-up comes from Erie County in the US and from India, as we review the most recent poetry news from around the world. Picture this in Erie County Imagine a picture of a woman dancing with a hula hoop with flames coming from it. Then try to write a poem inspired by this particular image. A project called Picture This which is ...

James Devaney Poems

 

James Devaney was an Australian poet and novelist.  He was an occasional journalist over a twenty-year period from 1924, writing a nature column for the Brisbane Courier and also served as a teacher in both Australia and New Zealand. He was born James Martin Devaney on the 31st May 1890 in the Victorian town of Bendigo, the son of Irish immigrants.  While attending the Catholic boarding ...

YouTube Poet Wows in Wales/Haiku with a Twist – Poetry News Roundup August 15th

 

Today, we bring you news from Wales and Denver USA, as we continue our search for poetry news across the globe. Neil Hilborn wows them in Wales Today we bring you news of an exciting poet who is causing a sensation with his current 32 date British tour which finishes on September 9th. Houston born Slam Poet Neil Hilborn recently blew away the crowds ...

James Edwin Campbell Poems

 

James Edwin Campbell was a 19th century African-American poet whose life was tragically cut short by pneumonia.  His output of poetry only ran to two volumes but it was said that the second collection, called Echoes from the Cabin and Elsewhere, contained some of the best poems written in the Gullah dialect to be found anywhere in the 19th century.  He also ...

Wordsworth Trust Poetry Winners – Poetry News August 14th

 

Today’s poetry news round-up celebrates the winners of the inaugural Wordsworth Trust Single Poem prize and the top three entrants chosen by members of the public, are all from Poetry Society members. The Wordsworth Trust is a memorial to the works of celebrated poet William Wordsworth and offers, and maintains, contemporary visual art and poetry readings as well as Wordsworth’s historical ...