Poetry News

To commemorate the beginning of the First World War, two flower beds in the Lower Gardens will pay tribute to the poet Rupert Brooke, whose work was heavily influenced by his frequent visits to the town in the 1900s and 1910s.

Opera House Arts will present Maine poet Gibson Fay-Leblanc, Deer Isle writer Deborah Cummins and local guest readers in an evening of poetry celebrating family on Tuesday, August 5, at 7 p.m. at the Stonington Opera House.

Last night in the Capp Street Concert Hall of the Community Music Center, the 13th Annual Outsound New Music Summit presented its first concert.

A French officer stands near a cemetery for soldiers killed on the front lines of World War I at Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe on the Champagne front, December 1916.

And he has used some of his experiences to influence his poetry, which is being published in a book for the first time.

The competition has been organised in the lead-up to Anzac Day next year - the 100th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli.

A Bush Poet's Poetical Blossom by Jimmy Drekore, Pukpuk Publishing, 2014. Soon available on Amazon.

Poet and Third Man Books anthology editor Chet Weise is back from his Fortress of Suckitude to present a new installment of his irregularly occurring but always worthwhile Poetry Sucks! series - this time in conjunction with Fond Object and The Red Arrow Gallery in East Nashville.

WE HOPE YOUR WEDNESDAY IS OFF TO A GREAT START. YOU'RE WATCHING "LIVE IN THE D." THERE ARE A GROUP OF POETS AND POETRY IS SUCH A WONDERFUL THING WE DON'T CELEBRATE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DETROIT POETRY SLAM TEAM.

The epic poems of William Butler Yeats are rarely invoked by rock musicians as an artistic template, but Arcade Fire's William Pierce Butler is a happy exception.

There are only a few constants in my life: One of them is that I know I'll share a prompt and poem on Wednesdays.

Our own Nick Ripatrazone has been on a roll lately. Apart from the many articles he's written for The Millions , he's got a forthcoming collection of short fiction that includes works he published in Esquire and The Kenyon Review .

When an accomplished poet writes fiction, you can be sure the language will be evocative and memorable.

Maria Luisa Arroyo, of Springfield reading her poem at the awards ceremony for the Springfield City Library 2006 Poetry Contest at the Central Library in Springfield in 2006.

Greater Sudbury poet laureate Tom Leduc has launched a project where poetry written by Sudburians will be displayed in transit buses.

Bartleby's Books will host three poetry reading by three poets on Wednesday, August 6th at 7pm.

The poetry of Dante may be considered as the bridge thrown over the stream of time, which unites the modern and ancient world.

Author James Messam expresses the ideas, dreams and aspirations of characters who don't have a means to express it for themselves in his new collection of poetry " Lyrical Fountain " .

Seen with some of the poems are hotel manager Tony Holden, Danielle Hardy and Zaffar Kunial, poet in residence at Dove Cottage THE literary heritage of the Lake District took a 'small' turn when the landmark Lindeth Howe Hotel branched out with a special display of haiku poems.

Richard Aldington, who married his poet partner Hilda Doolittle in 1913, joined the army in 1916 and was commissioned into the Royal Sussexs regiment in 1917.