In today’s My Poetic Side news round-up we bring you the story behind the doodle that appeared on Google yesterday. We also look at an article about the poem who penned the national anthem on Turkey on the 81st anniversary of his death. Google Honours Urdu Poet Yesterday Google created a doodle in honour of the iconic poet Mirza Ghalib in the occasion ...
Today at My Poetic Side we bring you news articles about the Inaugural C.D. Wright Award for Poetry and the 14th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Inaugural C.D. Wright Award for Poetry The inaugural C.D. Wright Award for Poetry which is overseen by the New York Foundation for Contemporary Art has been won by Lisa Robertson, a Canadian experimental poet. Robertson who was born and ...
In today's poetry news round-up we bring you articles about the winners of the Sahitya Akademi award for 2017 and the Glenna Luschei Literary Prize. We also have an article about a poets visit to a school to inspire the pupils with his poetry. Family of Late Poet Decline Award The winner of the Sahitya Akademi award for 2017 has been announced. The late ...
In our Christmas Day poetry round up we bring you a couple of news articles with a Christmas theme We take a look at Lemm Sissay, the poet who organises Christmas dinner for around 500 people and we also glance at the Christmas cards of Seamus Heaney which are due to go on public display shortly. Poet Holds Christmas Dinner for 500 For the ...
In our final round up of the week we bring you stories about the poet's house that has not been awarded landmark status, the bridge named for a different poet and the upcoming debut of a poem written entirely in Klingon! Walt Whitman House Denied Landmark Status Earlier this year lawyer Brad Vogel, who is himself a poet, made a startling discovery which he set about trying to rectify. He discovered that ...
