Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the new book by Lemm Sissay which was inspired by his upbringing in the foster system. Lemm Sissay – My Name is Why The British author, poet and broadcaster Lemm Sissay has released a new book. This is not his normal poetry book ...
Our final news roundup of the week looks at a GoFundMe appeal to renovate a poets house and the film Cats. GoFundMe Campaign for Millay House Launches Millay House Rockland has launched a GoFundMe in order to complete the renovation that it has planned to the double house it purchased in 2016. The property ...
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 ...
