Today on My Poetic Side we bring you the poet on the New Year’s Honours List and the accusations of plagiarism that have resurfaced. Poet on New Year’s Honours List The 2020 New Year’s Honours list is not short on literary figures with a number of honours going to novelists, ad those ...
Our first poetry news roundup of 2020 looks at the exciting T.S Eliot literary archive that is to be unsealed. Sealed Literary Archives to Open After 60 Years January 2nd will mark an exciting day for the literary world when a collection of letters sent to Emily Hale from the Noble Laureate ...
Today's poetry news looks at the Emma Lazarus exhibition in Manhattan and the winner of the 2019 Dogfish Head poetry prize. Emma Lazarus – A New Manhattan Exhibit A new exhibition dedicated to Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote the famous words that can be found on the pedestal of the ...
We begin another week here on My Poetic Side With a short article about Alasdair Gray who has died aged 85. We also look at the Poetry Pharmacy, Alasdair Gray Dies Aged 85 The renowned author, poet and artist Alasdair Gray who was hailed as a “cultural trailblazer” has passed away just ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the hymn Jerusalem which is based on the poem by William Blake and a few of the misconceptions about it. Jerusalem Misconceptions For over a century Jerusalem the hymn has been thought off as the unofficial national anthem of England. It was ...
