In our final poetry round up of the week we bring you the sad news that Jenny Jospeh, the poet who inspired the creation of the Red Hat Society has passed away at the age of 85.
Poet Jenny Joseph Passes Away at the age of 85
The poet Jenny Joseph, who is perhaps best known for her poem “Warning”, died of natural ...
In today's poetry news roundup we take a look at the backlash caused by comments from the poet Margaret Atwood. We also look into an article on Coach House Books in Toronto, and finally, we look into the newly revealed correspondence from Philip Larkin.
Poet Faces Backlash over #MeToo Remarks
Margaret Atwood, the Canadian Poet and Novelist who is probably best known for ...
Today at My Poetic side our news roundup includes articles about the arrest of the Danish poet Yahya Hassan, The Romanian National Culture Day and the 2017 winner of the Jayadev National Poetry Award 2017.
Danish Poet Arrested Following Twitter Post
Yahya Hassan, a leading contemporary poet in Denmark was arrested at the weekend following an incident in which he posted a photo on ...
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 ...
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 ...