Our final poetry round-up of the week here on My Poetic Side looks at two stories. The first is about the poet Tony Walsh who is to receive an honorary degree, the second is the sad news that the Paraguayan poet Carlos Federico Abente has passed away at 103. Tony Walsh Receives Honorary Degree The poet who is also known as Longfella; he is ...
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 ...
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 Princeton University Identifies Stolen WB Yeats Letter During the 1970’s a collection of unpublished letters written by WB Yeats, one of the greatest ...
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 ...
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 ...
