Thursday’s poetry news round-up takes a look at the winner of this year's Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, the poet writing a new version of Antigone and the seasonal theft that inspired a poem. 2019 Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry Lorna Goodison, the poet laureate of Jamaica, has been named as the ...
Today's poetry news roundup is a mixed bunch. We have the winners of the Mathias Family Poetry Award, the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award and the death of the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Guadalupe Dias Wins Mathias Family Poetry Award A poet from Goa has been named as the winner of this years Mathias Family ...
Today we take a look at the winner of this years WAFRICA best poet/writer award. We also have a short article about the 746th anniversary of the death of Rumi. WAFRICA 2019 Best Poet / Writer Known in literary circles as Kels Dpoet, Kevin Kwame Dzidefo Anyomi, who is from Ghana ...
In our first poetry news round-up of the week, we look at the newly created position of poet laureate in Ontario. We also look at the monument to the national writer of Kazakhstan. Ontario’s Poet Laureate Position Created Efforts by Percy Hatfield, Windsor-Tecumseh MPP have finally paid off, and Ontario has ...
Our final poetry round-up of the week takes a look at the sale of a bridge linked to Wordsworth, a Belarusian poet honoured and a poetry slam competition raising money to save a historic building. Bridge Sale Surrounded in Secrecy A while back we brought you a story about a bridge in ...
