We start the week here at My Poetic Side with an article about the winners of this year's Society of Authors prizes. We also look at a disagreement over the wording for the new headstone for the grave of William Blake. Prestigious Literary Prize from The Society of Authors Poets were well represented in this year’s Society of Authors awards which took place in ...
Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at the poetry in honour of Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the centenary of his birth. We also have an article about a Rudyard Kipling mural and the young female SomaLi Poet of the year. Anniversary of the Birth of Nelson Mandela Celebrated with Poetry This week marked the centenary of the ...
Today in our roundup of poetry new related articles we take a look at the efforts to save one of Walt Whitman’s homes. We also have an article about the reopening of the case into the death of Roque Dalton the El Salvadorian poet. Efforts to Landmark Walt Whitman's Home Stepped Up Preservationists in Brooklyn have stepped up their drive to have the house ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “Last Word” the winner of this year's III Poetry Award SxS Antonio Machado, and finally, the poetry inspired benches in Swansea in honour of the centenary of the First World War. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “Last Word” to be Published by Faber “Little Boy”, the tale of one man's rather extraordinary adventure during a ...
Today in our poetry round-up we look at the final resting place of William Blake, the renovation of the tomb of a Turkish poet and finally the French subway station named for a poet that is to be renamed for a member of the World cup team. New Gravestone for Blake William Blake’s grave is currently marked by a stone in Bunhill Fields ...
