We begin another week on My Poetic Side with a look at the first Mahmoud Darwish Chair and the Whitman Catalogue that has been honoured with an AIGA Award. First Mahmoud Darwish Chair of Palestinian Studies Appointed One of the top universities in America, Brown University, has announced that Professor Beshara Doumani has been appointed to the “milestone” position as the first Mahmoud Darwish ...
Our final news round-up of the week looks at the gardener turned poet, the Prestigious laureate fellowships that have been awarded and the Turkish actors reading poetry to help theatre staff. Alan Titchmarsh The Poet The gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh has written a poetry book. Titled “Marigolds, Myrtle and Moles” and the book has been described as the perfect poetry book for those people ...
Today in our news round-up we look at the poet who was inspired by a pandemic, and the poetry connection to Harry Potter. The Poet and the Pandemic The Second Coming by WB Yeats was written at a significant time for Europe in the 20th century. It was a time of upheaval and uncertainty. World War One had just finished and the struggle ...
Today we have articles about the graffiti mural in honour of Joseph Brodsky and the Mississippi poet awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Graffiti Mural for Joseph Brodsky To honour the day that would have marked the 80th birthday Joseph Brodsky of the celebrated Russian poet a mural appeared in St Petersburg. The mural which was depicted in graffiti style was painted onto the sidewall ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we look at the previously unpublished letters between Philip Larkin and his muse Monica Jones. The Unseen Letters That Show the Tortured Love of Larkin A cache containing a staggering 2,400 unpublished letters sent by the poet Philip Larkin to Monica Jones his muse and long-time lover shows the flawed and rather explosive romance that they had. Larkin ...
