Today’s news round-up looks at the story of the bins that are upsetting poetry fans, the AI poetry writer and the winner of the All-India Poetry Prize, 2017. The Poets Memorial and the Bins This year marks 50 years since Patrick Cavanagh passed away. And with interest in his poetry on the increase his fans have recently become outraged by the actions of Dublin ...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with articles about modern war poetry, the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry and the $500,000 grant given to a University Poetry Centre. Modern Day War Poetry to Overcome PTSD It has long been accepted that the works of prominent war poets such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon painted a ...
Here at My Poetic Side we have recently heard the sad news that Sarah Maguire the poet and translator has passed away at the age of 60, another loss in the literary world. Sarah Maguire, Poet and Translator RIP Sarah Maguire who had been struggling with breast cancer died on 2nd November 2017. During her lifetime, she played a valuable role in the world ...
Our Thursday poetry news round-up brings you an article about the finalists for the CBC Poetry Prize, and also a rather unusual story about poetry that has been sent into space as part of the NASA space program. CBC Poetry Prize Finalists The finalists for this year’s CBC Poetry Prize were announced yesterday by CBC Books and their partners in the prestigious competition. The ...
In today’s poetry round up we bring you the race against time faced by the man writing the biography of Seamus Heaney, controversy surrounding the post of city poet for Bristol and the company who want to replace Christmas cards with poetry pamphlets. Race Against Time For award winning, Irish biographer Fintan O’Toole the race ...
