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, ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the publication of Divan of Hafez poetry in Romanian and the celebrations for the National Poet of Israel. Romanian Edition of Divan of Hafez Poetry Published For the first time, a selection of poetry from the Divan of Hafez has been published in Romanian. The translation is titled “Hafez: The Nectar ...
This week on My Poetic Side we begin with a look at the new poet laureate of Kingston and the specially commissioned poem for the Folger Shakespeare Library. Kingston’s New Poet Laureate Named as Sadiqa de Meijer Sadiqa de Meijer has been announced as the new poet laureate for the City of Kingston. The four year tenure of this honorary ...
