Japanese Award/Poet drama with Banknote/Ledbury Competition – Poetry News Roundup December 5th

 

Another news round-up and today we bring you the story of a poet who was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, the controversy over the poet on an Israeli banknote and finally the 2017 winner of the Ledbury Poetry Competition. Japanese Order of the Rising Sun Awarded to Poet One of the most distinguished national decorations in Japan has recently been awarded ...

Chinese Military/JFK/Harry and Meghan – Poetry News Roundup December 4th

 

As December gets underway we begin another week with a round-up of poetry news. Today we offer you stories about poetry quoted by top Chinese Military, the John F. Kennedy Centennial Poetry Contest and the poem for Harry and his Fiancée. Poetry Used to Mock Australian Concerns When it comes to communications relating to military matters, poetry is not a form of communication that spring readily to mind, yet that is exactly ...

Geoffrey Faber Prize/Shane Koyczan/Patrick Kavanagh – Poetry News Roundup December 1st

 

We have reached the end of another week here at My Poetic Side and today’s news roundup brings another poetry prize winner. We also take a brief look at Shane Koyczan and think about the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh on the 50th Anniversary of his death. Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize The 2017 winner of the biennial Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, which is named after ...

16 days/Faber and Faber/North Pole Poet – Poetry News Roundup November 30th

 

Thursday’s poetry round-up takes a look at the poet writing for 16 Days of Activism. We also take a look at what is something of an institution; the Faber and Faber Poetry Diary and finally the self-proclaimed “Poet Laureate of the North Pole”. Poetry for 16 Days of Activism This week, in conjunction with the worldwide observation of 16 Days of Activism, a movement ...

Poetry on Vinyl/Vancouver Laureate – Poetry news roundup November 29th

 

In today’s new post we bring you a poetry round up that takes a look the return of poetry on vinyl and also the search for the 5th poet laureate of Vancouver. Live Poetry Returns to Vinyl One of the most prolific poets in America, Alice Notely, has created something a little different with her latest poetry collection. Rather than being published as a ...