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 ...
Today at My Poetic Side we bring you poetry stories about a confrontation at the UN, the unlikely combination of wrestling and poetry and the 50th anniversary of oldest Independent Black press in the United States Trump Trolled with Poetry On Tuesday in his debut speech to the UN President Donald Trump said that the Iranian government was “a corrupt dictatorship behind the false ...
Today’s poetry round up looks at the new Australia $10 bill and rejoices in the news that the author of Prison Poems has been released after 10 years in jail. New Australian $10 Bill Tomorrow Australia will roll out their new $10 bill; the shape, size and colour are still the same but these new look notes boast a couple of changes. Notably better ...
Today’s poetry round up brings us a diverse selection of stories, from the illustrator who has been doodling on poems to the convicted shoplifter who won a poetry competition and hopes to turn his life around. We end todays round up with a story about a concert to honour Alfred Lord Tennyson. The Forward Book of Poetry 2018 On Thursday, the 21st September the ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with stories about the U.S youth poet laureate, Canada’s parliamentary poet laurate and an outpouring of poems for a slain journalist in India. U.S Youth Poet Laureate Takes to the Stage This summer Amanda Gorman became the first ever U.S. youth poet laureate; the 19-year-old earned the position not only for her literary talent but ...
