We begin 2023 here on My Poetic Side with a look at the meaning of Auld Lang Syne, the poet urging the UK to return Ethiopia’s “stolen” prince and the animated film about Rumi that will be released in February. The Meaning of Auld Lang Syne As the clocks struck midnight on New Years' Eve, people all over the world ...
In our last poetry news round-up of 2022, we look at the Hardy Tree, Lincoln University’s campus walk that saw them blasted for referring to Tennyson as “problematic” and alterations to a famous rectory linked to a poet. London’s “Hardy Tree” Falls The Hardy Tree in London, named after the poet Thomas Hardy, has been a prominent ...
Today our poetry news roundup looks at the Saolta Arts poetry competition and the King's Speech. Irish Poetry Competition Opens to 2023 Entries One of the most prestigious poetry competitions in Ireland that is open to the public has now begun accepting entries for 2023. The competition, which is run by Saolta Arts, has announced that the series, Poems for ...
On My Poetic Side, today we take a look at a memorial to Shelley and the rise of the Christmas carol that started life as a poem. Romantic Poet Shelley to be Remembered with Memorial The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the significant figures of the English Romantic movement. Now his hometown in Horsham, Sussex, is set ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we look at the Jane Austen collection, which fetched £181,000 at auction and the latest round of Pushkinfall. £181,000 Fetched by Jane Austen Books at Auction A collection of five first-edition novels by Jane Austen have been sold for a little over £181,000 at auction. The books, which were originally purchased for £5,000, ...
