Kundiman Prize/Cheltenham Literary Festival/Poet’s Fury on Poem Change/National Book Awards – Poetry News Roundup October 11th

 

Today’s poetry round-up takes a look at the winner of this years Kundiman Poetry Prize, the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the Sikh poet whose poem was changed without her permission and finally the finalists for this year’s National Book Awards. Kundiman Poetry Prize Winner 2018 Rohan Chhetri, a Nepali-Indian poet, has won the Kundiman Poetry Prize - a prestigious US poetry award. The award has ...

Foyle Winner/Poet’s Survey – Poetry News Roundup October 10th

 

In today's poetry round up, we look at the talented young poet who is a winner of the Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award. We also have an interesting survey that asked young people to name their favourite poet. 16-Year-Old Named One of the 15 Best Young Poets Worldwide Mathilda Armiger, a 16-year-old from Norwich, has been named as one of this year's ...

Pam Ayres/Poet’s Place Names/Smith’s Podcast – Poetry News Roundup October 9th

 

Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at Pam Ayres at the Henley Literary Festival, the survey looking at poet related place names and Tracy K. Smith’s latest podcast. Pam Ayres Delights Audience Taking part in the Henley Literary Festival, Pam Ayres delighted a “sell-out” audience of more than 300 people. Even though she was suffering with a heavy cold, Ayres opened ...

Unpublished Eliot Letter/Overdue Library Book/Iranian Poet Elected – Poetry News Roundup October 8th

 

We begin the week with a look at an unpublished letter from T.S Eliot. We also have a story about a rather overdue library book, and finally, the Iranian poet elected to the Nobel Literature committee following the recent scandal. A Surprising Side to T.S Eliot Previously unpublished letters by the poet T.S Eliot, that were only ever intended to be read by ...

Army Courses for Prospective Poets/Armistice Centenary/Whisky Distillery Poetry Competition – Poetry News Roundup October 5th

 

We end the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the poetry course for army offices, a new poem that has been created for the Armistice Centenary and finally a Whiskey Distillery poetry competition Army Teaches Poetry for Helping with Combat Decisions The British Army has been teaching poetry to soldiers to help them when faced with combat situations. They believe ...