Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at a mural in Amherst, the 82nd anniversary of the death of the national poet of Turkey, and the Poetry in Motion competition. New Downtown Building in Amherst to get Mural A Cambridge artist is planning his next work, which he hopes to be able to undertake in the spring. It won’t be something new, but rather ...
Today in our poetry news round up we take a look at the traditional Christmas Annual. We also have an article about the death of a BengaLi Poet, and finally, Lemm Sissay’s Christmas dinners. The Christmas Annual For many people celebrating Christmas, the presents under the tree simply are not complete if there is not an annual under there. This is true whether ...
Our Christmas Day poetry news roundup looks at the origin of the Queen's Christmas message, and also the possibility that one of the most famous English language Christmas Poems was in fact not written by the poet it has been attributed to for almost 200 years. The Queen's Christmas Day Message For many families, listening to the Queen's Christmas Day message on the television plays an important part of their Christmas Day ...
Today’s poetry news round up brings the sad news of the death of the Scottish poet Tom Leonard. We also take a look at correspondence from T.S. Eliot which was written to Laurie Lee. Tom Leonard, Scottish Poet Passes Away Aged 74 The poet who is often referred to as the “giant” of Scottish Literature has passed away at the age of 74. Tom Leonard ...
Our final news round up of the week looks at the annual commemorations of the poet Rumi. We also look at the first works to enter the public domain in the US in over 20 years. Rumi Commemorated in Turkey The mystic poet Meylana Jala ad-Din, who is more commonly known as Rumi, died 745 years ago, but in Turkey they still commemorate ...
