This week we begin our poetry news round up with a look at a celebration to honour Vladimir Mayakovsky. We also have the poet signed up to Picador and the fashion label combining poetry and streetwear. 127th Birth Anniversary of Vladimir Mayakovsky Observed The Russian Centre for Science and Culture, which is in Dhaka, celebrated the 127th anniversary of the birth of the Russian ...
Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at two statues causing controversy, one in Georgia and the other in the US. Historic Tensions Highlighted by Writers Statue 40 kilometres away from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, lies a small park in front of the cultural centre of the town of Marneuli. The shiny black plinth is topped with a grey statue of ...
Today"s poetry news round-up takes a look at a bridegroom"s poetic tribute to his new bride, the cottage with a poetry connection that is up for sale and the young poet who has secured a publishing deal. Wedding Poem for a Princess At the end of last week, the world discovered that Princess Beatrice had married her fiancé Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a “secret ...
Today, My Poetic Side focuses on a story surrounding a Rumi translation and the 'Voices of Poetry'. Rumi Poetry New Translation to be Released Shortly Farrukh Dhondy is shortly to release “Rumi: A New Translation” a book which contains just a small selection of the works of the poet Rumi. The author is of the opinion that both Rumi and the Sufi both search ...
Today we look at the story of the previously unpublished letter from the poet E.E Cummings. The Poet and the Sex Worker A selection of letters that have previously never been seen show that a wartime romance between the poet E.E Cummings and a sex worker was far more than the casual fling that it was previously believed to have been, and may ...
