In our final news round-up of the week, we look at the poet’s papers acquired by a library, the police celebrating Dantedi and #comfortandhope Poet"s Papers Acquired by The Huntington The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens has announced that it has taken possession of papers the belonged to Dana Gioia. The poet was the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the poets making a living record of Coronavirus, an Earth Day message and more #comfortandhope. Living Record of Coronavirus Created by Poets Carol Ann Duffy, the former poet laureate of the UK, is spearheading a project which will see a number of British poets creating a “living record” of the Coronavirus pandemic. The international project ...
Today's poetry news roundup looks at #comfortandhope, the shortlist for the Ondaatje Prize and the death anniversary of Allama Iqbal. #Comfortandhope We begin today's poetry news round-up with a look at a couple more of the #comfortandhope articles from the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. At the end of last week, it was the turn of Martha Kearney who chose to read The Lake ...
Today in our poetry news roundup we look at the new poem by the Scottish Makar, the schoolgirl who has received a Blue Peter badge for her poetry and the stars reading Tennyson. Jackie Kay, Scottish Makar Writes Tribute to Essential Workers The Scottish Makar, Jackie Kay has penned a new poem as a tribute to thank those workers deemed essential for everything that ...
We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the re-imagining of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and a BBC documentary on the Chinese poet Du Fu. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Revisited Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one of the most celebrated poems in English Literature, is getting something of a makeover ...
We end the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the artists in Gaza City who are trying to spread the message about staying at home amongst the poorest communities. We also look at Swiss home with literary connections that is up for sale and we have more #comfortandhope poetry. Gazan Artists Inspire People to Stay Home Artists in Gaza City ...
On this day, we take a look at the National day of Attar. We also take a look at Billy Collins" Virtual poetry reading. National Day of Attar of Nishapur Marked The 13th of April is a significant day for Iranians in their history, it marks the day that they commemorate the life and works of Attar of Nishapur, the great Persian mystic and ...
Today in our poetry news roundup we look at hidden poem recently found in a 17th-century document and more #comfortandhope poetry. Hidden Poem Found in Plea Roll from 17th Century A poem by the poet Robert Dover has been uncovered, where it was hidden in a plea roll, which is a legal document, that dates back to the 17th century. The parchment, which belongs to ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the pandemic poetry going viral and the GoFundMe for the City Lights Bookstore. Poem Created Using Emails Goes Viral An English teacher from Virginia, USA posted a poem that she had created on Twitter over the weekend. She created the poem using the opening lines of emails that she had found in her inbox since the ...
We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a look at more of the #comfortandhope poetry from BBC Radio 4. We also have short articles about Idris Elba reading poetry and the postponed event for the last Scots Makar. More #comfortandhope Following on from last weeks look at the BBC Radio 4 programme that saw well-known voices reading poetry that was important ...
