This week on My Poetic Side we take a look at the opening of a museum dedicated to one of the most important modern Greek poets. We also look at the film based on a book about Dante’s Inferno. Monemvasia, Home of Yannis Ritsos, Transformed into Museum Yannis Ritsos was born in May 1909 and is arguably one of the ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we look at articles about the death of the poet and performance artist Andrea Gibson, and the shortlist for the Forward Poetry Prize. Andrea Gibson, Poet and Performance Artist, Dies Aged 49 The poet and performance artist Andrea Gibson, who had been the Poet Laureate of Colorado since 2023 and used they/them pronouns, has died at the age ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the poet who has received an honorary doctorate, the 2025 Pushcart Prize winner and the PoemJazz event. National Poet of Wales Receives Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon DLitt) Issa, the National Poet of Wales, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon DLitt) from Bangor University earlier this week. ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the land linked to Siegfried Sassoon that has gone back up for auction, and the winners of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize. Historic Land Once Owned by Poet Re-listed A historic plot of land in Heytesbury has been re-listed for auction at triple the price it ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we look at a new translated poetry prize and a garden linked to a poet that will be open to the public. New Translated Poetry Prize A new prize is being launched for translated poetry, with the hope of tapping into the recent boom of international-language writing. The award, which will open for ...
