Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the scrapping of the Costa Book Award, the finale of the celebrations for Dorothy Wordsworth and the house that inspired a poem. Costa Book Award Scrapped A sudden announcement by the Coffee company, Costa, has sent sparks of disappointment rippling across the book industry. After a very successful 50 years the Costa ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the poets who appeared on an exam paper, the grant to research Robert Louis Stevenson and the unveiling of a poet"s tomb. Adrienne Rich Makes Exam Paper Appearance For students in Ireland sitting their leaving certificate this year the appearance of questions about Adrienne Rich, the feminist poet was greeted with ...
Today’s poetry news round-up takes a look at a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio which will be going up for auction and the Alga which has been named after a poet. Up For Auction – Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio One of less than 20 that is still owned by a private collector, a copy of William Shakespeare’s First ...
Today, our round-up looks at the Southern Fried Poetry Slam"s Louisville tournament, and Rupi Kapur"s attempt to tackle censorship. Southern Fried Poetry Slam This week will see the arrival of a major spoken work tournament, the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, which will be arriving in Louisville. This year will be the 30th annual competition and it will run from today until ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the poem for the Queen’s platinum jubilee, the vocalist inspired by W.B Yeats and the death of George Lamming. Queenhood No matter where you are in the world you would have been hard pushed not to have heard at least something about the Platinum Jubilee, and the four days of ...
