Today on My Poetic Side we bring you a story about plagiarism and examine a few of the similarities between the poems that led to this potential discovery that has left many poets shocked. Poet Accused of Plagiarizing Ira Lightman, a British poet and poetry detective has made a discovery that could rock the poetry world. According to his investigations there are a number ...
Today’s new round up brings you to articles, the first about a priest who has written a poem inspired by the Grenfell Tower fire and the emotions that followed, and the second the unusual story of the poet of the A14. The poetry of the Grenfell Tower priest In the days that followed the terrible fire that raged through the Grenfell Tower block in ...
The “Banksy” of Poetry It would seem that Mark Jones, aka the “Banksy of Poetry has struck again, and this time much further south than normal. A Penzance hairdresser was the bemused recipient of his latest poem. Jones has been sending verse in the post to hairdressers all over the UK for around six years now, using his trademark template and writing his poetry ...
The final news round-up of the week brings us an article about the Griffin Poetry Prize Judges before taking us to the now restored childhood home of Hedd Wyn. We finish with a look at the poetry that has emerged from the people who lived through Hurricane Harvey. 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize Judges are Named The Griffin Poetry Prize, which was founded in 2000 ...
Today’s news round-up features an article on the Saudi team qualifying for the 2018 World Cup and takes a look at the death row poets of San Quentin. Saudi Football Team Qualify for 2018 World Cup Saudi football fans were elated this week when their team won a qualifying place in the next World Cup, and they took to social media to offer up ...
