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 ...
Today's poetry news roundup looks at the Ted Hughes collection acquired by the University of Huddersfield and the Legion D’Honneur awarded to Patti Smith. Major Ted Hughes Collection Acquired by University A rather unique collection of valuable and rare items linked to Ted Hughes, the former poet laureate, has been acquired for the University of Huddersfield. Described by ...
Today"s news round up looks at a new biography about TS Eliot and a portrait of DH Lawrence. TS Eliot’s Life Seems Grim in New Biography “Eliot After The Waste Land” is the second volume of a biography by Robert Crawford that looks at the life of the poet TS Eliot. It moves on from the aspects of ...
