Today on My Poetic Side we look at the winner of this year's Milkwood Poetry Prize, the Worcester Poetry Trail and the Google Doodle celebrating a Russian poet. Milkweed Poetry Prize 2020 St Paul Poet, Michael Kleber-Diggs has been awarded this year's Milkweed Editions Max Ritvo Poetry Award, which has a cash award of $10,000. His winning work is “Worldly Things”, his debut collection. Kleber-Diggs ...
Today on My Poetic Side we look at the poet honoured on the anniversary of his death and the fifth notebook of Dylan Thomas. “Poet of Jerusalem” Honoured The acclaimed Turkish poet, author and philosopher Nuri Pakdil, was commemorated earlier this week on the first anniversary of his death. The poet, who is buried in Ankara, is often referred to as the “Poet of ...
Today in our poetry news round-up we have a new book of Indian love poetry and the call for Robert Burns enthusiasts to volunteer at Ellisland. 3000 Years of Love Poetry Published The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems, containing 3000 years of poetry written in over 24 different Indian languages, has been released. The book contains poems by poets like Kalidasa, ...
We begin the week with a look at some theatre window poetry, Nikki Giovanni’s new book and the unseen works of a Chinese poet that have gone on display. Theatre Window Poetry An artist from Zimbabwe and a PhD student are amongst the five city poets who will be having their poetry showcased in the window of a theatre. The work is part of a ...
Our final news round-up of the week looks at the shortlist for the TS Eliot Prize, National Black Poetry Day, the death of JP Clark and the poem that has won the National Translation Award. Unsettling and Captivating Shortlist Unveiled for TS Eliot Prize The judges for this years £25,000 TS Eliot Prize have unveiled the shortlist of 10 collections of poetry which ...
