We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at the poet Kazuko Shiraishi who has died at the age of 93.
Kazuko Shiraishi, the Japanese “Beat Poet” has Died Aged 93
Known for her dramatic poetry readings, often set to Jazz music, Kazuko Shiraishi, the leading name in Japanese “beat” poetry has died at the age of 93.
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Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at one of the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary and the poetry book owned by Oscar Wilde that is going up for auction.
More Than 200 Years After Inaugural Supper, Burns Night Added to the Dictionary
Burns night, the annual event that honours Robert Burns, Scotland’s national bard, ...
We begin the week with a look at the poet awarded an OBE, a poet who is calling for a film to be released in the US and the first view of the Mackellar homestead for the public.
Joseph Coelho, Children’s Laureate Awarded OBE
The playwright, performance poet and children’s author Joseph Coelho, who is also the current Children’s Laureate, ...
In today’s poetry news round up we look at the Poetry Foundation’s recent cycle of grants, the D-Day poem that moved royals to tears and insects in Haiku.
$1,530,000 Awarded by Poetry Foundation in Grants
The Poetry Foundation has announced that this year a total of 54 different non-profit organisations have been awarded a split of the $1,530,000 grant funding ...
We begin the week with a look at the 159th anniversary of the birth of WB Yeats, the Chinese poets life in dance and the bronze winner of the INDIES 2023.
159th Anniversary of Birth of WB Yeats Celebrated
13th June will mark Yeats Day, the anniversary of the birth of the poet ...