Poetry News

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.

Jorhat, July 28: The abandoned jailor's residence in Jorhat and the house in which one of Assam's greatest poets, Hiren Bhattacharyya, was born 82 years ago, is sought to be preserved and developed into a musical amphitheatre by his fans.

Pamela Sue Hitchcock is dedicated to poetry. Not to her own poems in particular.

This month on the Poetry Podcast, Jennifer Michael Hecht reads "Noctuary," by Lucie Brock-Broido.

Jazz will occupy a prominent place among the genre-bending and -blending performances that comprise the 13th annual Outsound New Music Summit, which runs through Saturday at San Francisco 's Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. Here are the highlights.

YOUNGSTERS at Shiplake Primary School are playing their part to cement a friendship link with children in northern France.

Writers, hip-hop artists, spoken-word poets, songwriters, and visual artists join forces for Word Weekend, an expansive series of performances and lectures at the Museum of Contemporary Art that celebrates the complexities and pleasures of language.

The result is Above the Dreamless Dead , a visceral amalgamation of styles and subjects united around a single unifying theme.

"Come into our den," says poet Ryan Van Winkle, pulling back a blanket hung from cord to reveal an accordion and a scattering of cushions.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Who hasn't wished he or she could talk to a carnival worker and find out what their lives are like? Everybody, perhaps, but the carnival workers.

In life, the moments when "it all comes together" sneak up on you. For singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Mark Erelli, that moment happened one random afternoon in his basement studio.

As the bullets and bombs cascaded around them in the trenches, brave soldiers found solace in writing verses about their plight.

"What is poetry ?" Some provide the answer of it being the interpretation of beauty in a line and a verse.

The old poet is dressed in black, his platinum-blond hair rakishly moussed. He stands amid the hubbub, facing a stern test of his crafted words and carnival-barker delivery.

The third annual festival returns with 12 days of reading and writing activities from Friday, September 19 until Tuesday September, 30. Scottish born poet and writer, Jackie Kay, will kick off the festival with a reading of poems and short stories on Friday evening.

Free live music performed by artists from across south London, alongside a touch of Shakespeare and poetry readings, will be staged today.