English poets, decorated war heroes and invisible poems – Poetry news roundup 22nd August

 

Today news articles bring us a meeting between two poets that changed the course of literary history and we see how science and religion are working together to uncover some long-lost poetry. When Owen Met Sassoon – One Hundred Years Ago In Edinburgh, just over 100 years ago Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, both English poets and decorated war heroes met for the first time. They had both been invalided ...

From Isolated Poet to Celebrity – News roundup 21st August

 

We begin this week by looking at an article on the Chinese poet who rose to fame via a few lines published on a blog and a new book which asks the interesting question “Why Poetry?”. From Isolated Poet to Celebrity In 2014, Chinese poet Yu Xiuhua created a sensation when she published a few lines from her poem “Crossing More Than Half of China to Sleep with You” on her blog, ...

The Edinburgh Festival and old English dialects – Poetry news roundup 18th August

 

Poetry gets loud at Edinburgh The Edinburgh Festival, the largest arts festival in the world this year sees poetry is getting in on the act in a big way.  The Loud Poets are a collective of poets who established themselves in 2014 as a group determined to bring poetry to people who may not previously have considered it as entertainment. The Loud Poets, who comprise ...

India’s Poetry Scene And HaikuJam – Poetry News Roundup 17th August

 

Haiku conquering continents! For today’s poetry news round-up we bring you a tie-in with recent posts on India’s burgeoning poetry scene and the growing popularity of Haiku as a competitive activity. HaikuJam is poetry that is bringing together the poets and poetry lovers of India and Pakistan, and in the light of this year being the 70th anniversary of the partition of that great continent ...

Picture This and Kavishala – Poetry News Roundup 16th August

 

Today’s news round-up comes from Erie County in the US and from India, as we review the most recent poetry news from around the world. Picture this in Erie County Imagine a picture of a woman dancing with a hula hoop with flames coming from it. Then try to write a poem inspired by this particular image. A project called Picture This which is ...