Scottish £20 note/Poet’s Home’s Flood Damage – Poetry News Roundup March 5th

 

Today, we cover news pertaining to the new Scottish £20 note, and we also look at the flood damage to a poet’s former home. New Scottish £20 Note The Royal Bank of Scotland has celebrated its first new £20 in 23 years. It will be in circulation from today. It is the first note that they have produced of any denomination that features a ...

Ernesto Cardenal Passes Away – Poetry News 3rd March

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the sad news that Ernesto Cardenal, the Nicaraguan poet and priest has died at the age of 95. Ernesto Cardenal Dies Aged 95 The Nicaraguan priest and poet Ernesto Cardenal passed away on Sunday at the age of 95. He had been struggling with kidney and heart issues. The priest and poet was a symbol ...

Wordsworth’s Anniversary/Poetry In Space – Poetry News Roundup March 2nd

 

We start another week at My Poetic Side with a focus on another of the events taking place to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Wordsworth. We also reveal a first look at the poetry in space project which will launch in 2021. Wordsworth’s Birth Anniversary to be Marked by Cathedral The Cathedral of Carlisle is to host a choral tribute to the ...

Edgar Allan Poe Mystery/National Poetry Centre – Poetry News Roundup February 28th

 

Our final poetry news round-up of the week brings an article about Edgar Allan Poe and takes a look a the plan for a National Poetry Centre. The Mystery of the Death of Edgar Allan Poe The famed American writer Edgar Allan Poe died in October 1849. Just a few days before he died, he had been found wearing the clothes of a ...