In this week's poetry news round up we bring you articles about the sad loss of two figures from the world of poetry. Hirohiko Okano, Leading Japanese Tanka Poet Dies at 101 The respected Japanese poet, Hirohiko Okano, who selected the poetry for the Urakai Hajime annual New Year’s poetry-reading ceremony, has died due to heart failure at the age of ...
This weeks poetry news round up takes a look at two important discoveries of literary significance. Seventh-century Poem Found in Rome Library A 1,200-year-old lost copy of a manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn has been found in the National Central Library of Rome by scholars from Dublin. The poem, which is a copy of the earliest surviving poem written in the ...
This week on My Poetic Side we bring you an article about a lost poetry verse written by Federico Garcia Lorca. Federico Garcia Lorca Verse Found 93 Years After it was Written A verse that was previously unknown has been found. The writing, which is attributed to Federico Garcia Lorca, has been discovered 93 years ...
This week on My Poetic Side, we look at a second term as US Poet Laureate for Arthur Sze and the poet named as a Guggenheim 2026 Fellow. Arthur Sze Appointed to a Second Term as U.S. Poet Laureate The Library of Congress has announced that the current Poet Laureate Arthur Sze has been appointed to serve a second term ...
This week our poetry news round up takes a look at a new book of long-lost works and the first time a rare flute linked to Robert Burns is to be played. Long Lost Works Revived in New Book A collection of lost manuscripts and poems that were written during the 19th Century by a remarkable woman have been ...
