Dante’s Final Resting Place/Canadian Play/Pavement Poet – Poetry News Roundup September 17th

 

This week we begin by bringing you an article about the poet Dante and his final resting place. We also have an article about a play that will be taking to the stage in Canada, and finally, the Pavement Poet. The Poet Who Travelled in Death Nearly 700 years ago this week, the poet Dante Alighieri died at the age of 56. He was ...

National Book Awards Longlist/Survey on Poetry/Poetic Inspiration for Sewage Plant – Poetry News Roundup September 14th

 

Our final news round-up of the week looks at the long list for the National Book Awards in Poetry, a survey on poetry reading figures and the unusual inspiration for a sewage plant design. 2018 National Book Awards in Poetry This week sees the announcing of the longlists for the 2018 National Book Awards. There are awards given for books in the following categories; ...

Memorial Stone/Magazine’s 100th Anniversary/Ghanian Poet Passes Away – Poetry News Roundup September 13th

 

Today in our poetry news roundup we take a look at a memorial stone planned for a Scottish poet, the 100thissue of a literary magazine and the death of one of Ghana’s foremost poets. Borders Poet Memorial Stone Plans A tribute to William H. Ogilvie, the Borders poet is being planned by the Ex-Kelso Laddies Club. They are hoping to mark the occasion of ...

Google Doodle/Opera Fails to Impress/Footballer Turned Poet – Poetry News Roundup September 12th

 

Today on My Poetic side we take a look at the poet celebrated with a Google Doodle, holidaymakers who were unimpressed with an opera about a little-known poet and the footballer who turned poet. One of The Greatest Female Poets of All Time Once again, the Google doodle of the day has been dedicated to a poet. Yesterday the image being displayed by Google ...

Darwish Tribute/Scafell Pike’s Wordsworth/ACU Poetry Prize – Poetry News Roundup September 11th

 

Today in our poetry roundup we take a look at a tribute to the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, we also look at the Wordsworth who climbed Scafell Pike and finally this years winner of the ACU poetry prize. Tribute to Mahmoud Darwish The Festival Arabesques is now in its thirteenth year, it is the first festival of its kind to take place within Europe ...