J.D McClatchy Passes Away – Poetry News April 13th

 

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 ...

Melbourne Spoken Word/Theatre Tribute/Leonard Cohen/Poet loses home – Poetry News Roundup April 12th

 

In today’s roundup, we have the theatre paying tribute to a poet, the Melbourne Spoken Word and Poetry Festival, A musical tribute to Leonard Cohen and the poet who lost her home to a fire. Theatre Pays Tribute to Avant-garde Poet The Anton Podbevšek Theatre which is situated in Novo Mesto, Slovenia saw the opening of a theatre production that pays tribute to Srečko Kosovel, the iconic Slovenian modernist poet. The ...

Sentence for Russian Poet/Shrewsbury Memorial – Poetry News Roundup 11th April

 

In our poetry news roundup today we revisit the story of the Russian poet facing a prison sentence that we brought you yesterday. We also have a story about a memorial in Shrewsbury to one of the Great War poets. Poet Receives Community Work Sentence In yesterday’s poetry roundup we brought you the story of the Russian poet Alexander Byvshev who was under threat ...

Russian Poet Faces Jail/Australian Poet Honoured/Manley Hopkins Festival – Poetry News Roundup April 10th

 

In today’s poetry news round-up we have articles about the Russian poet facing a prison term for a poem he wrote, an art exhibition to honour an Australian poet and the 31stGerard Manley Hopkins Festival. Prison Term for Russian Poet over Poem The person prosecuting the case of the Russian former teacher and poet named Alexander Byvshev, is calling for a prison sentence of ...

Poetry Walks in Washington/Wordsworth Carving – Poetry News Roundup April 9th

 

We begin the week here at my Poetic Side with a look at the fifth season of poetry walks that have just begun in Washington. We also look at an article about a cane with a carving of William Wordsworth that will be going up for auction very soon. Poetry Walks – Fifth Season Washington"s Olympic National Park is to host the 5th ...