We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the new poet in Residence for Poetry Ireland, the Ripon Festival and the death of Pete Brown. New Poet in Residence Named for Poetry Ireland Anne Tannam, the award-winning poet, has been named as the new poet in residence for Poetry Ireland. The post will be a ...
Today's poetry news round-up takes a look at renovations on a Japanese shrine linked to a poet and the poet laureates guest appearance at an event in Nebraska. Renovation Begins on 1100-Year-Old Shrine Across Japan, there are many shrines. However, the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, which can be found in Dazaifu, is said to be one of the most important. This ...
Today's poetry new round-up looks at the poet-inspired Eurovision song, a play about Sylvia Plath and the winner of the 2023 Ondaatje prize. Austria’s Poet-Inspired Eurovision Entry On Saturday, hordes of people across Europe were glued to their TV screens to watch Eurovision 2023. Hosted in Liverpool on behalf of last year's winning country Ukraine the show promised to bring ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner and the ground-breaking exhibition for a Japanese poet and artist. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Awarded Carl Phillips, who is a poet and works as a professor at Washington University, has been named as this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The prize has ...
Today on our poetry news round-up we look at the coronation of King Charles III, and we have a short story about a new genus of butterfly. The Poet Laureate's Poem for a Coronation Simon Armitage, the Poet Laureate, has written a poem to mark the occasion of the coronation of King Charles III. Titled “An Unexpected Guest”, the ...
