T.S Eliot/Poetry Ireland – Poetry News Roundup January 16th

 

In today’s poetry round-up we bring you the winner of the 2017 T.S Eliot Prize, Ocean Vuong the poet who shot into the spotlight when he won the Forward Prize. We also look at an article about the plans for a new home for Poetry Ireland. T.S Eliot Prize Winner 2017 Ocean Vuong, who won the Forward Prize towards the end of 2017, has ...

Typewriter Project/Keorapetse Kgositsile/Molla Panah Vagif – Poetry News Roundup January 15th

 

We begin the week with a news round-up that looks at the Typewriter project in Pensacola, the memorials that are planned for the South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile and finally the 300th Anniversary of the poet Molla Panah Vagif. The Typewriter Project From next week residents in Pensacola will be able to take part in a poetry collaboration thanks to the Typewriter Project. The ...

Library under threat with John Clare works/The Mystery Poet – Poetry News Roundup January 12th

 

Our final news round up of the week takes a look at a library under threat and the impact that budget cuts might have on a unique collection of work by the Northamptonshire poet John Clare. We also have an article about a mystery poet who has struck in a sleepy village in Tajikistan. John Clare Archive Under Threat Budget cuts to library services ...

Barbados/Philip Levine/Peyo Yavorov – Poetry News Roundup January 11th

 

In todays My Poetic Side news round up we bring you a new poetry collection inspired by the island of Barbados, the 2017 winner of the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry and the town of Sofia’s plans to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Peyo Yavorov. Island Life Evoked in New Poetry Collection Poet James Plath has released a new collection of ...

Vera Lynn/Google Doodle/William Meredith Award – Poetry News Roundup January 10th

 

In todays poetry round-up we bring you the poet who wrote to Dame Vera Lynn, Googles doodle in honour of the Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha, and the winner of the 2018 William Meredith Award for Poetry. Wolverhampton Poet Gets Letter from Dame Vera Lynn Reg Summerfield, a poet based in Wolverhampton has received the seal of approval from Dame Vera Lynn – The Forces ...