We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the play by Ntozake Shange which is taking to the stage. We also look at the poetry that forms part of the earthquake archive of the museum of Anchorage. For Colored Girls Comes to Open Stage in Harrisburg The award-winning play by Ntozake Shange is to make its appearance on ...
We end the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the National Anthem of Finland. We also bring you information about the 2019 Wirral Festival of Firsts. Independence Day – Finland This week, Finns celebrate both Sibelius Day and Independence Day, and the question of the national anthem has once more resurfaced. It was just two years ago when the leaders of ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at a letter written by Rupert Brooke that is going up for auction, and the proposed mine work to be carried out near the homestead of the late Dorothea Mackellar. Letter from Rupert Brooke to “Lovelorn” Admirer to go Under the Hammer Previously unseen correspondence between the poet Rupert Brooke and a college friend is to ...
Today we take a look at one of the shortlisted names for this years Wole Soyinka Poetry Prize. We also bring you the appointment of a poet laureate for St. John’s, and finally, the airports in Russia getting new names. Wole Soyinka Shortlist Announced Last week saw the announcing of the shortlist for this years Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Harriet Anena, ...
Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at Wilfred Owens' bugle, which has been played in public again. We also take a look at yet more artwork drawn by a poet that has been found after many years of being missing. Owen’s Bugle Played in Scottish Church The bugle that belonged to Wilfred Owen, the First World War poet, has been played ...
