We begin the week with an article about the death of the poet Bernard Kops. We also take a look at a collection of poetry donated to Cambridge University Library. Bernard Kops, Poet and Playwright Dies Aged 97 The playwright/poet Bernard Kops has died at the age of 197. He was surrounded by his loved ones including his wife, Erica. During his lengthy career, he ...
Today My Poetic Side brings you Poets in Partnership, the reopening of the case into the death of Pablo Neruda and an overdue library book! Poets in Partnership The poet Daljit Nagra is currently undertaking a quest to find the best highlights from the last 90 years of poetry archives from the BBC. For the month of March, the poet has selected a number of ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s first folio, the trust gifting Welsh Poetry and the winners of the 2023 Jnanpith Award. The Dames, and a Queen Celebrating Shakespeare A dozen dames joined Queen Camilla last week, in one of the most illustrious, star studded line-ups of female acting talent that Britain has ...
Today’s poetry news round up takes a look at the Thomas Robinson Prize, the poet who wants to give a poem to the Arctic Monkeys and the interest in Su Dongpo. Rita Dove to be Awarded Thomas Robinson Prize Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies has announced that it will be awarding this year’s Thomas Robinson ...
We begin the week on My Poetic Side with a look at the judging panel for this year’s CLiPPA Award. We also take a look at a new biography of the poet Lord Byron. Poetry Award Chair of Judging Panel Announced The poet Liz Berry has been announced as the chair of this year's judging panel for the Centre for ...
