In this week’s poetry news roundup, we look at the University building renamed after a poet, Celebration Day, and the poet’s love of the lawnmower.
University Building Named After Late Poet
Birmingham City University (BCU), which awarded the late Benjamin Zephaniah an honorary doctorate in 2005, has renamed its four-storey University House the Benjamin Zephaniah Building. The building is home to science labs, ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we look at the winner of the Pushcart Prize, and we also have news about the 2025 Foley Poetry Contest
Prestigious Pushcart Prize Awarded to Professor Heather Treseler
Worcester State professor Heather Treseler won the Pushcart Prize for her poem “Purpura”. The poem, which is just 28 lines long, is described as completely immersive and shows the reader ...
This week, in our poetry news roundup, we look at the Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award Winner and the Pulitzer Prize Poetry Award.
Margaret Atwood Named as Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award Winner
Renowned poet and author Margaret Atwood has been named the recipient of this year's Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award.
This is an award given on a periodical basis, and ...
This week on My Poetic Side we have articles about a Blue Plaque for a poet, the Jackson poetry Prize and The American Academy of Arts and Sciences election of the first ever South Korean member.
Blue Plaque for Gerard Manley Hopkins
A blue plaque in commemoration of famous priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkinsis to be unveiled in Barmouth at Aber Huse. ...
Today on our poetry news round up, we look at Benjamin Zephaniah Day, the poet laureate’s freedom of the city of London and evidence that the Bard did not abandon his wife.
Benjamin Zephaniah Day Celebrated
The inaugural Benjamin Zephaniah Day was celebrated earlier this month on the campus at Brunel University of London. The activist and celebrated poet worked ...
