Homer’s Oldest Poem/NAIDOC Week/Stratford Writer’s Festival – Poetry News Roundup July 12th

 

Today we look at an article about the discovery of possibly the oldest fragment of Homer poetry. We also take a look at this years NAIDOC week and finally the line-up for the Stratford Writers Festival. Clay Tablet Holds Oldest Fragment of Verse by Homer The Iliad and the Odyssey, epics by the Greek poet Homer, have been studied, read aloud and written ...

WB Letters Lost/Particle Accelerator Poetry/William Owen – Poetry News Roundup July 11th

 

Today’s poetry news round up has a look at some lost WB Yeats letters, the 2 poets who spent a night in a particle accelerator and the celebration of the life of William Owen that is taking place in Shropshire. Princeton University Identifies Stolen WB Yeats Letter During the 1970’s a collection of unpublished letters written by WB Yeats, one of the greatest ...

Greville Remembered/World Cup Boosts Russian Poetry/Liu Xia – Poetry News Update July 10th

 

In today’s poetry news round-up we take a look at the often-forgotten poet from Alcester Sir Fulke Greville, we also look at the boost in sales of Russian literature and poetry caused by the world cup and finally news that Liu Xia the widow of Liu Xiaobo has been allowed to leave China. Elizabethan Poet is to be Remembered The town of Alcester will ...

Archdruid of Wales/Siegfried Sassoon Shooting – Poetry News Roundup July 9th

 

We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with the story of the poet who is in line to be the next Archdruid of Wales. We also look at who shot Siegfried Sassoon. Gwynedd Poet in Line to be an Archdruid of Wales Myrddin ap Dafydd, who is originally from Llanwrst in North Wales has received a nomination to be an Archdruid of ...

Turner Painting Loss/Seamus Heaney – Poetry News Roundup July 6th

 

Our final poetry news roundup of the week we take a look at the lost Turner painting of Sir Walter Scott and also the new Seamus Heaney exhibition in Dublin that opens today. Painting of Poet and Family Could be Long Lost Work by Turner A painting that is on show at Abbotsford, near Tweedbank in the border is causing something of a stir ...