Today on My Poetic Side we take a look at the youth poet Amanda Gorman, who is dominating the news a week after the Presidential inauguration. Amanda Gorman – A Week On! It has been just a week since the youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman wowed the world when she delivered “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. And in ...
Today we look at the Guinness World Record poet who has died aged 63 and a documentary on Robert Burns. Rehan Azmi – Guinness World Record Holding Poet Passes Away Twitter and the world are mourning the sad passing of Dr Rehan Azmi who has died at the age of 63. The poet, who lived in Karachi was reported to have been hospitalised recently ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at Bhanu Kapil the winner of this year's TS Eliot Prize for poetry. TS Eliot Prize Winner Announced for 2021 The British-Indian writer and poet Bhanu Kapil has been announced as this year’s winner of the TS Eliot Poetry Prize. The prize has been awarded for her work “How to Wash a Heart” which has ...
We begin the week with a look at two articles about Robert Burns as the world gets ready to celebrate a virtual Burns Night. New Book on Scotland’s Bard Released Today marks Burns Night, the annual event where people come together to celebrate Robert Burns, his life and his poetry. Of course, this year events will look a little different due to the lockdown ...
Today's poetry news round up looks at the removal of Chaucer from the university syllabus and the racism struggles of the Scottish Makar. Goodbye Chaucer There are few who will not have heard the name Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet and author who penned the likes of Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales. However, universities all over the country are set to axe ...