Merlin Poetry Project / Poet’s Statue Unveiled – Poetry News Roundup February 28th

 

This week on My Poetic Side, we take a look at a project examining poems relating to Merlin and a statue dedicated to Aphra Behn. Merlin Portrayed as an Environmentalist in Early Poems Scholars, who have been taking a new look at Welsh poems that date as far back as the 10th century believe that they depict Myrddin (Merlin) ...

Russian Government Investigates Lermontov Death / Laureate Welcomes £5m Investment – Poetry News Roundup February 21st

 

This week on My Poetic Side we take a look at the news that the Russian Investigative Committee are looking into the 1841 death of Mikhail Lermontov, and we bring you an update on the National Poetry Centre. Investigations made by Russian Investigative Committee into Death of Lermontov An investigation into the death of the Mikhail Lermontov has been launched by The ...

Frost Unpublished Work / Gaelic Manuscripts Found – Poetry News Roundup February 14th

 

This week in our poetry news round up, we look at the poem by Robert Frost which has never been published and a collection of lost Gaelic manuscripts which has been found 50 years after it went missing. Previously Unpublished Robert Frost Poem Found The poem “Nothing New”, which was written by American poet Robert Frost in 1918, has recently ...

Heaney Poetry To Be Published / Mann’s Archive Auction – Poetry News Roundup February 7th

 

This week’s poetry news round up takes a look at the new edition of Seamus Heaney poetry that is to be published and the auction of Hamish Mann’s archive. Definitive Edition of Seamus Heaney Poetry to be Published The publishing company Faber have announced that they will be publishing a definitive collection of the poetry of the late Seamus ...

Woolf’s Lighter Side / Canada’s Laureate / New Jamaican Laureate – Poetry News Roundup January 31st

 

This week in our poetry news roundup, we look at some recently discovered Virginia Woolf poetry and the new poet laureates for Canada and Jamaica. Lighter Side of Virginia Woolf Revealed in Unearthed Poems A researcher at the University of Liverpool has recently discovered two poems written by the literary icon Virginia Woolf that had previously been unknown. Dr Sophie Oliver from the Department of ...