Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the winner of the Ledbury Poetry Competition, another honour given to the poet Lemn Sissay and the poet statues being used as memorials in Russia.
Ledbury Poetry Competition Winner 2022
The winner of the £1,000 Ledbury Poetry Competition for 2022 is Naoise Gale, and the winning poem in s “How (Not) to Say Impossible Things”.
The ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we celebrate Burns Night with a look at a number of news articles about Robert Burns.
Burns Night – The Do’s and Don’ts
The annual celebration for the National Poet of Scotland, Robert Burns, has been taking place since 1801, just a few years after the death of the poet in 1796. Some traditions ...
In today"s Poetic Side news round-up, we have the Olympic Games poets award, the call for the WWI poets to remain on the curriculum and BrechtFest IV.
University of Leicester Award for Olympic Games Poet
Lemn Sissay, the official poet of the 2012 London Olympic Games, has received an award from the University of Leicester. On Thursday last week, he ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at this year's winner of the TS Eliot Prize, Anthony Joseph. We also look at the poll to find the most popular Scots poem.
TS Eliot Prize Winner Announced
Anthony Joseph has been named as the winner of this year's TS Eliot prize. For what the judges described as ...
We begin another week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the first Kings Gold Medal for Poetry to be awarded by King Charles III and the remarks made about Dante at a political event.
King Charles III Awards First King’s Gold Medal for Poetry
Selima Hill, the celebrated writer, has been announced by Buckingham Palace as this ...
