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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
