We begin the week with a look at an unpublished letter from T.S Eliot.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 A Surprising Side to T.S Eliot Previously unpublished letters by the poet T.S Eliot, that were only ever intended to be read by ...
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 ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you articles about an event honouring Sonia Sanchez, a statue of Maya Angelou planned for the city of San Francisco and the finalist for the 2018 Governor General’s Literary Awards. Sonia Sanchez Honoured by Event Sonia Sanchez, the Germantown poet who was the first poet laureate of Philadelphia, was recently awarded the Wallace Stevens $100,000 lifetime ...
Today we bring you a varied selection of news articles. We begin with a row over a poetry slam entry, we also take a look at the poet who has translated a popular children book in to Scots and finally, we talk about the first poet laureate for Sheffield. Poetry Slam Entry Sparks Row A racist poem entered in a poetry slam competition in ...
Today’s poetry news round up on My Poetic Side takes a look at Matilda 30 years on, a protest in India against a controversial poem and we take a brief look at the scandal that has rocked the Nobel prize committee and has ended in a jail term. When Matilda Met Trump Matilda, the children’s character from the Roald Dahl books has been ...
