John Ashbery dies peacefully at the age of 90 – Poetry News September 5th

 

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 ...

Diana Tribute/Love Poems/Odes to Trump – Poetry News Roundup 4th September

 

We start this week on My Poetic Side with a round up that includes a tribute to the People’s Princess, a poem that led to marriage and the rise in a new type of poetry referred to as Trumpian verse. Lewis Hamilton Tribute to Princess Diana Emotion can be a powerful feeling and can lead to even the unlikeliest of people feeling the urge ...

Pam Ayres & Poet Under House Arrest – Poetry News Roundup 1st September

 

In the last poetry round up of the week, we look at the very popular Pam Ayres and travel to an event in Jaffa that was organised to show support for a poet who has been under house arrest for the last two years. Pam Ayres – Live Performance Poetry comes in all different shapes and sizes, some poems rhyme, some are short and ...

J. Otis Powell Passes Away – Poetry News Roundup 31st August

 

In today’s news roundup, we bring you the sad news that J. Otis Powell – a Poet and performer has passed away. J. Otis Powell – Poet and Performer dies at 61 The poet, playwright and performer J. Otis Powell passed away on Monday 28th August of kidney failure at the age of just 61. He had been suffering with ill health for several ...

The Poetry Machine – Poetry News Roundup August 30th

 

Today in our poetry round up we here at My Poetic Side looks at the concept of the poetry machine and how it has evolved, and we offer our congratulations to the new poet Laureate of New Zealand. The Poetry Machine It sounds a bit far-fetched; a machine that writes poetry but the pursuit of creating such a machine has been consuming inventors for ...