Derek Walcott Poetry Prize/Laureate’s House for Sale/Punjabi Poet’s Google Doodle – Poetry News Roundup September 2nd

 

Our first poetry news round-up of the week takes a look at the debut of the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize. We also have a short story about the former house of a poet laureate that is up for sale, and finally, the Google Doodle celebrating what would have been the 100th Birthday of a Punjabi poet. Walcott Poetry Prize Debuted...

Emirati Women’s Poetry Award/Headstone for Poet/Smithsonian Preservation – Poetry News Roundup August 30th

 

Our final poetry news roundup of the week looks at the award for Emirati women poets, the poet who is to get a headstone after 124 years and the burial fabrics of a poet that are to be preserved by the Smithsonian. Award Launched to Celebrate Emirati Women Poets Coinciding with Women’s Day in the ...

Nasimi Festival/Emily Dickinson Lecture/Tree Collapse – Poetry News Roundup August 29th

 

Today’s poetry news round-up takes a look at the Nasimi Festival, the Emily Dickinson Lecture and the 400-year-old-tree that is in danger of collapsing. 2019 Nasimi Festival The Nasimi Festival of Poetry, Arts and Spirituality, a four-day long cultural extravaganza, is being set up in Azerbaijan. The festival is being planned to ...

Archives for James Withers – Poetry News August 28th

 

Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the archives of a mostly forgotten poet that have been gifted to the archive of the Cambridge University Library. Forgotten Poems to be Archived by Cambridge University Cambridge University archivists are to step forward and save a rare collection of handwritten poems by James Withers, ...

Limerick’s Literary Gift/Slave Trade Rememberance/Kazi Nazrul Islam Anniversary – Poetry News Roundup August 27th

 

Today, our poetry news round up takes a look at the donation of literary works gifted to the University of Limerick. We also have an article about the memorial of the International Day of the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and he 43rd death anniversary of the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Library at University of Limerick Receives Donated ...