Today"s poetry round-up looks at a modern-day rewrite of a Wordsworth poem and the latest translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. 21st Century Rewrite of Poem on exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere It is a little over 200 years since William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote about poverty in the Georgian era, and now a charity has created an ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we bring you the winner of the 2022 Derek Walcott Prize, the Sir Walter Scott-inspired visitors centre, and a US poet honoured by Australia. 2022 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry Winner Announced Saddiq Dzukogi, a member of staff based on the English Faculty at Mississippi State University, has been named as the third winner of ...
Today in our poetry news round-up, we take a look at the death of the prize-winning poet Gerald Stern. Prize Winning Lyrical Poet, Gerald Stern, Dies Aged 97 One of the most respected and loved poets in America has died at the age of 97. Gerald Stern was known for the spirited melancholy of his poetry, the earthy humour that ...
We begin the week with a look at this year's Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading and the poets who were banned from the 16th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature. Natasha Trethewey to be Guest of Honour at Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading The best-selling memoirist and acclaimed poet Natasha Trethewey has been invited to be the guest ...
Today in our round-up of poetry news, we look at a collection of pots belonging to a poet that has gone up for auction, a tree that has been named after a poet and “Poetry in Abundance”. Pots Belonging to Esteemed Poet to go Under the Hammer A stunning collection of poetry which was once owned by a Norfolk-based poet ...
