Today’s poetry news roundup takes a look at a poet from the Zambia who is fighting for the right to take part in a poetry competition and also the new local currency that will be launched shortly in the Lake District, featuring local artists and poets. Student Fights to Compete in Poetry Contest A student from the Zambia who is currently living in the ...
In today’s poetry roundup we take a look at this year’s Pulitzer poetry prize winner. We also have an article about the Bucharest International Poetry Festival and we also have a story about the recently selected young people’s poet laureate of London. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Winner One of the most respected poets in America, Wellesley College professor Frank Bidart, has been confirmed as ...
Today’s poetry news roundup takes a look at articles about a new culture centre opening in honour of a poet, a young poet facing three years in prison and the keynote speaker for this year’s Children’s Media Conference. China to Open Culture Centre Honouring Korean Poet A cultural centre to the Korean poet Yun Dong-ju is to be opened in Shenyang, in the north-eastern ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with the story of a poet’s body found in a wine cellar. We also bring you an article about the 4thJersey Festival of Words. Poet Found in Wine Cellar During a recent excavation at St Michael’s Church in Highgate village, North London, a rather unusual discovery was made in what is a former wine cellar. ...
In our final poetry news roundup of the week we bring you the news that J.D. McClatchy the American editor, translator and poet has passed away. J.D McClatchy Passes Away Aged 72 The American poet J.D. McClatchy passed away on 10th April at his home in Manhattan he had been battling cancer. Born Joseph Donald McClatchy Jr. on 12th August 1945 in Pennsylvania McClatchy preferred to ...
