Our final news roundup of the week takes a brief look at the musician and poet Gord Downie, who passed away on the 17th of the month. We also discuss the TS Elliot prize shortlist and a poetry competition in Jamaica for young poets. The Musician who was also a Poet There is a fine line between poetry and song lyrics, and whilst some ...
Today at My Poetic Side we dedicate our news round up to some young poets and the part that they are playing in the literary world, watch this space we could see more of these youngsters over the coming years. Siblings Win Place on List of Promising Young Poets Organised by the Poetry Society, the annual Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, which ...
Today on My Poetic Side we bring you the story of a poet who has been subjected to online abuse and also look at the origin of the Star-Spangled Banner. Poet the Subject of Online Abuse by Students Award- winning Indigenous poet Ellen Van Neerven, has been subjected to a barrage of online abuse following the use of her poem “Mango” in the recent ...
Today at My Poetic Side we bring you the sad news that the literary world has lost another poet, Richard Wilbur passed away at the weekend. Two Times Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Wilbur Passes Away Richard Wilbur, a translator and acclaimed American poet, who had a reputation as one of the finest poets of the 20th century passed away on Saturday 14th October ...
We start this week on My Poetic Side with two stories from the UK, the news that the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere is hoping to make improvements in time for the 250th Anniversary of Wordworth’s birth, and a story of three violins made to commemorate World War one poets. Wordsworth Trust Plans Ahead April 2020 will mark the 250th Anniversary of the birth of ...
