Poets and Poetry

A new initiative to help profile the work of Guernsey poets will see verses displayed on island buses.  

The In Series pays tribute to the “enchanted island” with Puerto Rico, Mi Amor , a bilingual cabaret of songs, poetry and tropical rhythms celebrating all things Borinquen, from musicians Bobby Capo, Robert Cole and Rafael Hernandez to poets Luis Llorens Torres and those part of the Nuyorican...  

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author henryberry - The 2003 date of the U.S. invasion of Iraq marks the first of the poems. Poems coming after this trace the changing conditions in Iraq on an emotional basis. The American occupation, daily terrorism, fears for personal safety, and emigration are for...  

Andrew Motion's remarkable 10-year term as poet laureate is drawing to a close. Once again, a national literary institution is being analysed like a sweepstake. Is Simon Armitage ready to run? Is Wendy Cope's decision to rule herself out of contention final? Is Derek Walcott eligible? Has...  

In the poem "The Pumpkin" by 19th century poet John Greenleaf Whittier, the tradition of Thanksgiving is described as a time of remembrance and return, a celebration of abundance, both of sustenance and of love, at a family gathering. The p...  

Gwyneth Lewis, the first National Poet of Wales, delivers the Radcliffe Institutes’s Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture yesterday afternoon in the Radcliffe Gymnasium.  

Queen's University, Belfast, gives Seamus Heaney a lifetime achievement award as part of its centenary celebrations.  

The night began with an open mic, where all poets, bystanders and those feeling brave were able to perform  

Other English language poets continued to use terza rima for longer poems; EB Browning's meditation on Italian nationalism, Casa Guidi Windows, and, ...  

A passenger was offloaded from a Dubai-bound flight at Calcutta airport on Sunday despite having a valid ticket. Subodh Sarkar, 50, a poet and lecturer of English at a city college, was scheduled to travel to Algeria to participate in a poets’ conference.  

To most people, the markets’ meltdown is painful. But to one poet and, until recently, vice president at the giant hedge-fund firm D.E. Shaw , it is something else.  

David Barbour, 25, of Whiteville, wanted to be a sports writer. He went to UNC-Chapel Hill to major in English, got bored in some of his classes and began to scribble simple three-line poems that can tell a ...  

A NEW poet laureate for Peterborough was crowned last night as the cream of the city's wordsmiths battled it out. (02/12/2008)  

Jennifer Evans has been appointed to a second two-year term as the town's poet laureate.  

Ana Maria Pacheco, Transformations II. COVENTRY.- A renowned poet will put his talent with words to good use when he visits Coventry to give a presentation on the work of a famous artist.