Today on My Poetic Side, we look at a rare Antiques Roadshow find and a radio broadcast by Dylan Thomas. How Much is a Poet's Hair Worth? The answer to this question shocked a recent visitor to the Antiques Roadshow. A recent televised edition of the show was particularly moving for antiquarian book specialist Justin Croft who found himself looking ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the 2023 winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize. Griffin Poetry Prize Winner 2023 Announced The American poet Roger Reeve was announced as the 2023 winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize last week. The writer who is based in Austin Texas was awarded his $130,000 prize at a ...
In today’s poetry news roundup we take a look at a first non-fiction work from a poet with an impressive background and the statue for Cranogwen. George: A Magpie Memoir The poet and painter Frieda Hughes has recently penned a memoir titled George: A Magpie Memoir, which chronicles the months that she spent caring for George, an injured magpie. Hughes, ...
We begin another week on My Poetic Side with a look at the iconic poem that has been demolished and the poem that will be travelling into space. Landmark Pub With Poetry Link Demolished A Rusholme pub, on the outskirts of Manchester, has been demolished. The pub, Hardy’s Well, which was 200 years old, has been derelict since 2016. Since ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the story of the Inaugural poem that has been removed from a school following a parental complaint. Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem Banned by Florida School In January 2021, the young poet Amanda Gorman made the headlines, and stayed there for several days, following her powerful recitation of her poem “The Hill We Climb” which took place at the inauguration of ...
