Today on My Poetic Side we look at the appeal for funds for a church window in honour of a poet, the return of Jane Austen’s favourite poetry book, and the school that sent home a sweary poem. Appeal Looks For £25,000 For Church Window in Honour of War Poet A project has been launched to honour the life of Wilfred Owen, the ...
Today's poetry news roundup looks at the poet Keats on the anniversary of the bicentenary of his death and the poet's house looking at celebrities to save it. Keats in Hampstead This year marks the bicentenary of the death of the poet John Keats. Keats died on February 23 at the age of just 25. He had been writing poetry for just six ...
We begin the week with a look at the winner of the 2021 Award in Poetry from the William Meredith Foundation and the Korean poet who has died at the age of 79. 2021 Award in Poetry Winner Announced by William Meredith Foundation The poet Robert Earl Price has been announced as the winner of this year’s William Meredith Foundation Award in Poetry ...
Today’s poetry news looks at the death of Jean Valentine, the minimalist poet. Minimalist Poet, Jean Valentine, Dies at 86 The poet Jean Valentine, a former New York State Poet, died on 29th December at the age of 86. Valentine who was a winner of the National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, died in hospital from complications of Alzheimer’s. During her lengthy career ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the poet who has been given a writer-in-residence position and the Chinese TV show that puts poetry to music. 2021 Writer-in-Residence Positions Taken by Vern Thiessen and Nisha Patel Nisha Patel, the queer poet and artist who is currently serving as the poet laureate of Edmonton, and Vern Thiessen, the playwright, have both taken up tenure ...
