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 ...
Today we look at a story from Bethlehem of a literary landmark to be named honouring a poet to Japan, an article about a surprising winner of a haiku competition, and take a brief look at some of the big names who will be joining the line-up for the BBC festival in Hull. Literary Landmark to be named for Hilda Doolittle There are around ...
Today’s poetry round-up brings the sad news of the death of one of the biggest influences in American literary circles of recent times. We have just learned that poet John Ashbery has passed away. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his poetry collection, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror”, Ashbery died early on Sunday 3rd August at his home in Hudson, New York ...
