Today at My Poetic Side we dedicate our news round up to National Poetry Day, here is just a taste of the many things that are going on all over the country. Appeal Launched to Save Rare Language Poetry The National Poetry Library has kicked off National Poetry Day with the launch of a project that it hopes will help save works of poetry ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you the lost essay of a poet, news of the release of Langzi and a poetry competition from Divine Chocolate. The Lost Essay of George Moses Horton A previously unknown essay, written by Horton, has been located in the archives at the New York Public Library. The 500-word essay, with its sermon like quality is titled “Individual ...
Today at My Poetic Side our roundup brings you stories of literary treasure that is in danger of being split up, and two very different poetry festivals that will be taking place at the beginning of October. Yeats Family Collection in Danger of Removed from Ireland A collection of more than 200 lots that illustrate the literary and artistic life on the best know ...
We start this week’s poetry round up with articles about a Sylvia Plath letter, the new poet-in-residence at Radio 4 and we start the run up to National Poetry Day which falls on 28th September. Contents of New Sylvia Plath Letter Revealed During her lifetime Sylvia Plath, wrote many letters and next week a new volume titled “The Letters of Sylvia Plath” is ...
Today we dedicate our news round up to a look at the winners of this year’s annual Forward Poetry Prizes. The 26th Annual Forward Poetry Prizes Last night at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre some of the nation’s most coveted poetry prizes, sometimes referred to as the poetry Oscars, were awarded. The Jury Chairman, Andrew Marr, and the judging panel heard readings from ...
