Norman Nicholson/Nebraska Book Award and Dareen Tatour – Poetry News Roundup October 27th

 

Our final news round-up of the week offers up stories about Norman Nicholson the Millom poet, The Nebraska Book Award for Poetry 2017 and the news that Dareen Tatour, the Arab-IsraeLi Poet may hear next week if she will be sent to prison for an incident that happened in 2015. Norman Nicholson – Millom’s Most Famous Son When people thinks of poets and ...

Venezuela/Canada/Mumbai – Poetry News Roundup October 26th

 

Today’s new round up takes us all over the world with a poetry festival in Venezuela, the deaf poets of Canada and then finally a poetry initiative in Mumbai. Russian Revolution to be Commemorated at Venezuelan Book Fair The Filven,  Venezuela's International Book Fair, now entering its 13th year,  will be taking place from November 9th to November 19th at a number of venues in ...

Poetry, Poles and Physics/Instagram’s poets and Blackpool Tower – Poetry News Roundup October 25th

 

Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the poet who has brought pole dancing and particle physics to her one woman poetry show, the poetry that will be beamed onto Blackpool tower and the Instagram poet who has become Penguins latest poet. Poetry, Pole Dancing and Particle Physics It is probably fair to say that there will not be very many ...

War poetry collection and Dylan Thomas – Poetry News Roundup October 24th

 

In today’s news roundups, we bring you the stories about the War Poetry Collection of Dean F. Echenberg  as it finally heads off to its new home and a Dylan Thomas inspired Snug which has also found a new home in a pub in Waterloo. Poetry Collection Heads to its New Home Poetry has always been a popular medium for expressing and capturing the ...

Pablo Neruda Mystery/Young Poet/Poetry sells Fragrance – Poetry News Roundup October 23rd

 

Welcome to another new week here at My Poetic Side, this week we kick off our news round ups with the startling news that Pablo Neruda may not have died of natural causes. We also bring you another young poet and the poem being used to advertise a fragrance. Pablo Neruda may not have died of cancer In 1973, just 12 days after General ...