Today"s poetry news round-up looks at English Language Day, the Nottingham Poetry Festival"s return, and the Guggenheim Museum"s poet-in-residence.
English Language Day
23 April marks the UN English Language Day, an annual event that began in 2010. The UN inaugurated the event to celebrate multilingualism and promote all six of their official languages and their equal use. The UN uses English, Arabic, Spanish, French, ...
Today’s poetry news roundup brings you details about The Big Jubilee Read and the celebrations for the 400thanniversary of the birth of Huw Morys.
The Big Jubilee Read
As part of the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee a selection of works by different writers has been put together to form The Big Jubilee Read.
A selection of work by Seamus Heaney, the Irish ...
We begin the week with a look at the conclusion of a historic poet laureateship and International Haiku Poetry Day.
Historic Poet Laureateship Concludes with Dance Party
The poet Joy Harjo will conclude her three terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States at the end of this month. The event, which will be celebrated by Library of Congress, ...
Today in our poetry news round up we look at a poetic tribute to the Late Prince Philip, BenJamin Zephaniah’s concerns over the police and the poetry recital before a space flight.
Poet Laureate"s Tribute to Late Prince Philip
On the first anniversary of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh the Royal family have shared a tribute penned by Simon Armitage, the poet ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the new poet laureate in Miami-Dade, the winner of the Whiting Award 2022 and the struggles of the Pablo Neruda Museums.
Miami-Dade Gets First Poet Laureate
In 2013 the poet Richard Blanco served as the fifth inaugural poet in the United States. He read “One Today” at the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
On 7th April ...
