Today on My Poetic Side we look at Simon Armitage’s library tour, the poem lighting up Coventry Cathedral and the foundation stone of the Nasimi buildings in Kiev. The Poet Laureate"s Library Tour The poet laureate in the UK, Simon Armitage, will be starting a tour of libraries in the UK in 2020. The tour is ...
Today’s poetry news articles look at the ongoing campaign to landmark the house where Walt Whitman once lived and a recent event that took place at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace. Efforts to Landmark Walt Whitman’s House in Clifton Hill Doubled During a street co-naming ceremony which took place the other day, a group of preservationists ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we look at the university chair to be named after the poet Audre Lorde. We also have an article about a poet honoured with a blue plaque and a poem by a schoolboy that has gone viral. First Queer Studies Chair Created at Spelman College Spelman College ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at a new coin in Thailand with a poetry link, a new banknote in Bulgaria dedicated to a poet and finally the winners of this year's Hebrew Poetry Prize. New Coin Honouring Guru Nanak Dev Released in Bangkok Narendra Modi, the ...
We end the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the sad news of the death of the poet and playwright Tom MacIntyre. We also have a short article about the Boston statue of Robert Burns. Tribute Paid to Late Poet and Playwright Tom MacIntyre Tom MacIntyre, the Irish ...
