Today on My Poetic Side we look at articles about the planned State Memorial Service for Les Murray, the sale of items from the estate of the late Donald Hall and finally, the poet lending his voice to the protests for Palestine. Les Murray to have State Memorial Service Last week we brought ...
Today in our poetry news roundup we take a look at the poet T.E. Brown. We also have an article about the Tagore Research Centre that is currently in the planning stage. In addition, we take a look at one of the nominees for this year’s Griffin Poetry Prize. Ceremony for T.E. Brown Delayed...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the ongoing saga of the position of UK poet laureate. The Job that Nobody Seems to Want! Last week we mentioned that the poet Imtiaz Dharker was presumed the most likely candidate for the position of UK poet laureate which ...
Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at the Somaliland poet who has been sentenced to three years in prison, the poet who changed a secondary school, and Google's poetry algorithm. Somaliland Poet Handed Prison Sentence We have previously reported on the young poet who had been arrested in Somaliland ...
Today in our poetry news roundup we take a look at the Flanders Fields memorial in Dublin, the return of the Gingko prize and the past of Philadelphia"s poet laureate. Memorial to Flanders Fields Inaugurated in Dublin The Peace Garden in Dublin has seen the inauguration of a memorial to those Irishmen ...
