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 ...
Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at one of the first known written occurrences of the F-Word and some misquoted poetry. The F-Word The current Coronavirus pandemic isn"t the first time, and may well not be the last time, that people have had to isolate themselves. Almost 500 years ago people were in isolation in an attempt to avoid ...
