Irish Times/Sylvia Plath/War Poetry in Scotland – Poetry News Roundup March 26th

 

Our first poetry new round-up of the week takes a look at the winner of this years Irish Times poetry Now Award. We also have an article about an auction of Sylvia Plath's belongings, and a planned tribute in Scotland to some great war poets. Irish Times Award Winner Named Co. Down based poet Leontia Flynn has been named as the winner of this ...

US School named after poet/Tibetan poet released/Tracy K Smith serves 2nd term – Poetry News Roundup March 23th

 

Our final news round-up of the week here at My Poetic Side brings you the story of a school in America that is to be named after the country’s first published poet. We also have an article about a Tibetan poet who has been released from prison and the news that it has been confirmed that Tracy K Smith the United States poet laureate will be serving a second term. School ...

UNESCO/Professor of poetry – Poetry News Roundup March 22nd

 

In today’s poetry news roundup we take a look at the work of UNESCO and their project to save minority types of poetry, we also have an article relating to why Philip Larkin repeatedly turned down the position of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University. UNESCO Celebrates World Poetry Day Yesterday was the World's Poetry Day. The celebration launched by UNESCO in 1999 to ...

TV Drama Plagiarism/National Poetry Month/Leeds Lieder Poetry – Poetry News Roundup March 21st

 

Today's poetry news roundup takes a look at the TV drama accused of plagiarism, National Poetry Month in the US and more poetry that will be set to music for the Leeds Lieder Festival Poet Accuses TV Drama of Stealing Lines from His Poetry The poet Lee Hwon has called out the producers of “Should We Kiss First” on SBS in South Korea of ...

Walt Whitman/Protest Poet/Poetry Removal from Curriculum – Poetry News Roundup March 20th

 

In today’s poetry roundup we bring you Slovak musicians putting the poetry of Walt Whitman to music, a poet who has been fined for a protest during an election and finally a poet who has demanded his poetry be removed from the curriculum. When Music and Poetry Meet A Slovak musical project has chosen to combine the works of the American poet Walt ...