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 ...
We end the week with an eclectic selection of news stories in our round up; an intriguing story about the collection of Timelord verse, The US poet Laureate's first lecture and a former Black Panther who will be giving a poetry reading. Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Timelord Verse Russell T Davies, of Doctor Who writing fame, has joined forces with ...
In today’s poetry news round-up we take a look at the story behind “Bosom Pals” a collection of poetry put together by breast cancer survivors from which all profits will be going to charity and we reveal the names of some of the contenders for the National Book Awards Poetry Prize Poetry for Breast Cancer Today at the University Hospital Galway a book of ...
