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 ...
Today's poetry news roundup looks at the Scot who is off to the World Slam poetry finals, the winner of the Highland Book Prize and a new Arabic poetry award. Poet From the Highlands Qualifies for World Slam Poetry Slam Finals The World Slam Poetry Slam Finals will be taking place in Paris this year with poets from all over ...
Today My Poetic Side looks at the street named after Audre Lorde, the Walt Whitman films and the poetry recording to help save Reading Gaol. Audre Lorde, Warrior Poet, Given Her “Way” 30 years after her death Audre Lorde, who described herself as “Black, lesbian, mother, and warrior poet” has been honoured by the city of New York. The ...
