We keep you updated on the world of poetry with our news roundups.
Today"s poetry round-up looks at a modern-day rewrite of a Wordsworth poem and the latest translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. 21st Century Rewrite of Poem on exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere It is a little over 200 years since William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote about poverty in the Georgian era, and now a charity has created an ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you the winner of the 2022 Derek Walcott Prize, the Sir Walter Scott-inspired visitors centre, and a US poet honoured by Australia. 2022 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry Winner Announced Saddiq Dzukogi, a member of staff based on the English Faculty at Mississippi State University, has been named as the third winner of ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we take a look at the death of the prize-winning poet Gerald Stern. Prize Winning Lyrical Poet, Gerald Stern, Dies Aged 97 One of the most respected and loved poets in America has died at the age of 97. Gerald Stern was known for the spirited melancholy of his poetry, the earthy humour that ...
We begin the week with a look at this year's Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading and the poets who were banned from the 16th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature. Natasha Trethewey to be Guest of Honour at Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading The best-selling memoirist and acclaimed poet Natasha Trethewey has been invited to be the guest ...
Today in our round-up of poetry news, we look at a collection of pots belonging to a poet that has gone up for auction, a tree that has been named after a poet and “Poetry in Abundance”. Pots Belonging to Esteemed Poet to go Under the Hammer A stunning collection of poetry which was once owned by a Norfolk-based poet ...
We begin the week with a look at the announcement of the new bard of the Royal National Mòd and the death of the poet and critic Peter Schjeldahl. New Bard of the Royal National Mòd Announced Peter Mackay, a lecturer at the University of St Andrews, has recently been appointed as the Royal National Mòd. This is a literature ...
Today in our poetry news roundup, we look at the poet helping with the Essex year of reading and the growing movement against the poet Pablo Neruda. Essex Year of Reading The former children’s laureate and beloved children’s author Michael Rosen has been grabbing the attention of a group of schoolchildren in Basildon with a series of special poetry performances. The interactive sessions ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at this year’s shortlist for the T S Eliot poetry prize, the poets who have been commissioned to write poems for the BBC centenary and the concert inspired by poetry. T S Eliot Prize Shortlist Dominated by Debut Collections The recent announcement of the T S Eliot ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the art of E.E. Cummings and the new memorial to Ted Hughes. The Poet Who Was Also An Artist The name E.E. Cummings is well known as a poet who brought a somewhat avant-garde syntax to the average reader. In fact between the ages of 8 and 22, it is ...
In today's poetry news round-up, we look at the mural that is being created to honour a Puerto Rican poet, and we also look at the poet who has been named the winner of this year's Baltic Assembly Literature Prize. Mural on the 606 Trail Honours Julia de Burgos A mural to commemorate the Puerto Rican poet, Julia ...
