Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the planned film on the life of Seamus Heaney. We also have the project to bring a Millom poet into the schools and finally a new poet laureate for Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Seamus Heaney Film Planned A film on the life of Seamus Heaney, who ...
Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the new Kentucky poet laureate. We also have articles about the 2019 longlists from the League of Canadian Poets and the OCM Bocas Prize. Kentucky Poet Laureate Appointed Jeff Worley, a writer from Lexington, Kentucky has been named as the new poet laureate for ...
We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the winner of this years Irish Times Poetry Now Award. We also have the celebrations that are being planned to mark the 179th birth anniversary of Thomas Hardy. 2019 Winner of the Irish Times Poetry Now Award The poet Derek Mahon, who is ...
Our final news round-up of the week takes a look at the winner of this year's Ted Hughes Prize and also the search for the burial place of America's first published poet. Winner of 2019 Ted Hughes Prize The British Jamaican poet Raymond Antrobus has been announced as this year’s winner of the ...
The renowned Bayelsa poet Gabriel Okara has passed away at the age of 97. He was just four weeks away from his next birthday, his 98th . He died ...
