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 ...
In today's poetry news round-up, we take a look at the life of the poet Charles Simic, who has died at the age of 84. Charles Simic Dies Aged 84 The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic has died at the age of 84. The Serbian-American poet's death was confirmed on Monday, 9th January, by the executive editor ...
