Today’s poetry news roundup takes a look at the poems written by the poet laureate and the Scottish Makar in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. Poet Laureate Marks Death of the Monarch The poet laureate Simon Armitage who earlier this year wrote “Queenhood”, a poem to mark the occasion of the Queens Platinum Jubilee, has now penned a poem to ...
Today on our poetry news round-up we take a look at the new Griffin Poetry Prize fund and the poet who was ignored on the London Underground. Largest Prize to Date Unveiled by Griffin Poetry Prize At £85,000, the new prize unveiled by the Griffin Poetry Prize is the largest award possible for a single book of poetry. This new ...
Following the sad death of Queen Elizabeth II today's poetry news round-up takes a look at the difficult task ahead of the poet laureate, Simon Armitage, and a beautiful poem that has gone viral on social media. The Difficult Job of Poet Laureate at a Time of Tragedy The job of poet laureate, which is more a symbolic position than ...
Today's poetry news round-up looks at the Emily Dickinson Lecturer, the winner of the Michael Hartnett poetry prize, a book about Carl Sandburg and a poem for the new Prime Minister. Natasha Trethewey, Former US Poet Laureate to Visit Penn State The 19th US poet laureate and a former winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Natasha Trethewey, who is this ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we look at the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards, the new recording of Patrick Kavanagh’s poetry and the death of the literary agent who championed Jack Kerouac. Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards The Dorothea Mackellar poetry awards are the biggest poetry competition for schools in Australia, and also the longest-running ones. A tiny school located ...
