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 ...
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 ...
In today's poetry news round up we head over the Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to take a look at the 16th annual Sharjah Arab Poetry Festival as poetry becomes increasingly more popular in the Arab countries. Then we head to the US where the Rochester Institute of Technology has been given a grant to digitalise rare ASL poetry videos. Sharjah Arab Poetry Festival...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with an article about Mikhail Baryshnikov and his performance of the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. We also take a look at the Malawian poet Julius Jules Banda who has appealed to his fellow countrymen for financial support to attend a poetry festival in the UK later this year. Baryshnikov Brings Brodsky to the Stage Brodsky/Baryshnikov ...
In today"s poetry round-up we bring you a rather mixed bag of stories; The city of Cincinnati is searching for their next Poet Laureate; a mystery poem has appeared in protest at the site of a proposed quarry in Stanstead Abbots and finally the live performance of “Ask Your Mama” a poem by Langston Hughes at a tribute concert. Cincinnati Poet Laureate The city ...
