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 ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at the shortlist for this year"s Dylan Thomas Prize. We also look at just one of the lists of self-isolation reading that have been created. Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist The shortlist for this year"s Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced and it is dominated by the work of debut poets. The prize which ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you more of the celebrations marking the 250th birth anniversary of the poet William Wordsworth. We also look at the bid to save HMP Reading which has not been successful. The Prince of Wales Reads Wordsworth Yesterday Prince Charles marked the 250th birth anniversary of the poet William Wordsworth with a poetry reading in a radio ...
