Forgotten Female Writers Remembered/Mirza Ghalib Anniversary – Poetry News Roundup December 28th

 

Our final poetry news round of the week here on My Poetic Side takes a look at the EU grant helping researchers to remember the forgotten female writers. we also look at the commemorations planned for the 221st birth anniversary of Mirza Ghalib. Forgotten Female Writers and The EU Grant A new grant from the EU is helping Carme Font Paz, a Spanish Academic ...

Amherst Mural/Turkish Poet’s Anniversary/Poetry in Motion – Poetry News Roundup December 27th

 

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 ...

Christmas Annual/Bengali Poet Passes Away/Lemm Sissay’s Christmas Fayre – Poetry News Roundup December 26th

 

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 ...

Queen’s Christmas Message/Christmas Poems – Poetry News Roundup December 25th

 

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 ...

Tom Leonard Passes Away/T.S.Eliot Wrote to Laurie Lee – Poetry News Roundup December 24th

 

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 ...