Statue of Gwendolyn Brooks/David W.McFadden Passes Away – Poetry News Roundup June 8th

 

Our final news round-up of the week takes us to the other side of the Atlantic. Our first article is about a statue that has been erected in honour of the late poet Gwendolyn Brooks, our second is about the poet David W. McFadden who has passed away at the age of 77. Statue for Gwendolyn Brooks The first black woman to win a ...

Russian Poetry Flash Mob/Novelist at 99/UN General Assembly – Poetry News Roundup June 7th

 

In today's poetry news round-up we look at a Russian poetry flash mob, the poet who has produced a novel at the age of 99 and the election of the politician and poet Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces to the UN General Assembly Poetry Flash Mob When you think of flash mobs you mostly think of groups of musicians or singers, but the concept of ...

Poet’s Walk/WB Yeats/Lost Manuscript – Poetry News Roundup June 6th

 

Today on My Poetic Side we bring you a variety of articles from all over the globe. We begin with a poet inspired walk in North Somerset, then we have a celebration being held for the anniversary of the Birth of W.B. Yeats and finally, we go to India for the discovery of a lost manuscript from a 17thcentury poet. National Trust Poet Self-Led Walk...

Caterpillar Prize/Greek Coin Commemoration/Kickstarter for Poetry – Poetry News Roundup June 5th

 

Today we bring you articles about the Caterpillar Poetry Prize, a commemorative coin in Greece that will honour a poet and the Kickstarter project to fund a poetry book. The Caterpillar Poetry Prize The winner of this annual prize that is given for an unpublished child’s poem, that has been written by adults has been announced as Coral Rumble. The winning poem is titled “Mustafa’s ...

Nepalese National Poet’s ill-health/Photographs/Hikmet Anniversary – Poetry News Roundup June 4th

 

Our first news round-up of the week takes a look at the failing health of the National Poet of Nepal, a collection of photographs that has gone up for sale and the 55thanniversary of the death of Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. Madhav Prasad Ghimire Re-admitted to Hospital Last week we reported on the National poet of Nepal who is in his nineties and had ...