Sarojini Naidu: A lyrical voice of women’s empowerment and nationalism
Through her poetry, Naidu celebrated the beauty of her homeland and vividly reflected on themes such as patriotism, womanhood ...
Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 730
Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a valentine poem.
Dumfriesshire's Holocaust victim Jane Haining remembered
The tribute, organised by Dunscore Heritage Centre, recognised the selflessness during WWII of Scotland’s most prominent ...
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When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising Resilience
Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...
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‘There’s a majesty to grief’: Poet and UMass professor Peter Gizzi wins prestigious 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for ...
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In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote ‘Ulysses’ a Jewish poet’s bookstore rises back to life
In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...
Sandra Birchmore honored in Canton on anniversary of her death
The gathering near Birchmore's apartment in Canton was organized by Justice for Sandra Birchmore, a Facebook group with ...
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Poet Michael Longley touched souls with just a few words, funeral told
Longley won a number of awards, including the TS Eliot Prize, the Feltrinelli International Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Prize. He was made a CBE in 2010 and was awarded the freedom of Belfast.
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Valentine’s and poetry lines: February concert picks you’ll love
It may be the shortest month of the year, but we’re certainly not short on concerts. May your 28 days be full of music! Check ...
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Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady shared a heartfelt two-word tribute to Kobe Bryant on the NBA icon’s fifth death anniversary
Tom Brady and other sports figures honored Kobe Bryant on the fifth anniversary of his tragic death. Brady shared a tribute on Instagram, and numerous athletes remembered Bryant's influence on ...
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Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as ...