Our final poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at National Poetry Day, the poetry on the seafront that has been hidden in plain sight and the hopes to save the home of the late Donald Hall. Prince of Wales Kick Starts National Poetry Day Yesterday marked National Poetry ...
Today on My Poetic Side we have a story about a photo with a resemblance to Oscar Wilde, the poet's descendants who want his ashes buried in his homeland and finally this year's Trocaire poetry competition. Historian Snaps up Photo That Might be of Oscar Wilde Karen Ievers, a historian researching rich ...
Today's poetry news round-up takes a look at the poets who have resigned from the Scottish Poetry Library. We look at the historic battlefield with poetic connections that is up for sale and finally the hymns that have been voted the most popular in 2019. Resignation of Leading Writers Rocks Scottish Poetry Library ...
Today, we take a brief look at the Black Ink Book Festival. We have the celebrations for Rumi day too, as well as the world's first crime book written in verse and the tree being planted in memory of Nasimi. Nikki Giovanni Headlines 2019 Black Ink Book Festival This year’s Black Ink book ...
We begin the week with a look at the inaugural Seamus Heaney lecture which will be taking place on 17th October. We also have an article about the muralist who has been asked to remove a poet from his latest piece of work, and finally the Chinese poetry flash mobs. Seamus Heaney Lecture to Take Place at University of Liverpool...
