We begin the week here on My Poetic Side with a look at Joe Biden’s choice for Inaugural poet. Antonia Gorman To Be Inaugural Poet The poet Antonia Gorman says that the Biden inaugural committee contacted her late last month to ask her to be the inaugural poet at the ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday this week, during which the Biden and ...
Our final poetry news roundup of the week looks at a possible inaugural poet for President-elect Joe Biden and Cerys Matthews’ Poetry Album. Support Increases for Dominican-American Poet to be Named as Inaugural Poet for Biden Last month a letter appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books in which President-elect, Joe Biden, was called on to consider Rhina Espaillat the Dominican-American poet as ...
In today's poetry news round-up we take a look at the Nottinghamshire cottage with poetry links that has just come onto the market. We also look at the house in Greece that is to be declared a monument to a poet. Cottage with Links to Poet for Sale A Grade II listed cottage that is located in Nottinghamshire has gone on the market for ...
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 ...
