Blogs Posts in Poets category; 280 blog posts

A poet laureate for all seasons

An evening billed as “Carol Ann Duffy and Friends” held at Kings Place in London last week showed Duffy’s success in galvanizing the poetry scene since being appointed as Britain’s first woman poet laureate last M [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

China marks centennial anniversary of poet Ai Qing

The Chinese Writers Association (CWA) Thursday held a symposium commemorating the centennial anniversary of the late poet Ai Qing.Ai, the nation's poetry master, was a prominent representative of China's realism poetry and a poet [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Poets Slam, Jazz Band Swings In Cabaret Room

As it turns out, art has not died on this campus. Despite freakishly immaculate weather and the Hockey East semifinal, students still filled the Vanderslice Cabaret Room on Friday for an evening of slam poetry and live music. For the sec [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Poet Vinda Karandikar, Jnanpith winner, dies at 92

Marathi poet and Jnanpith Award-winner Govind Vinayak Karandikar died here today following a brief illness. He was 92.Karandikar, who was born on August 23, 1918, in Ghalval village in coastal Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra to a poor [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Book Review - The Tunnel at the End of Time

I met Adam at Oslo. A big bear of a person with the gentlest nature and a lovable personality, he remains one of my closest friends. Yet time and again I have tried to understand him, understand the mind that seems to work overtime. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Galib is poet of all times - Bashir

Great Urdu poet Padmashri Bashir Badr said here today that 'Galib was a poet of all times, of bygone era, the present era and of the future generations too. If any grandfather is finding pleasure in poems of Galib today, his grand ch [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Writing from Pain to Hope

On the second Tuesday of January this year, the earth trembled and the devastation that befell the nation of Haiti was slowly coming to light. On March 9, 2010, the second Tuesday of the month, the Caribbean Cultural Theatre's [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

$Poets marry math$

Poets marry math

It is often said that the divide between poetry and mathematics lies in the disjunct between the rational and the romantic. These two disparities came together during the launch of The Shape of Content,. A book comprised of drama [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

The Poetry of Time Exhibition At Art Dubai

Van Cleef & Arpels, sponsor of the International Art Dubai fair, will exhibit The Poetry of Time, an exposition of 100 years of watchmaking, from 17 - 20 March 2010. This event is an opportunity for the watchmaking and High Jewellery [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

In honour of the poet

Flamenco has found a source of inspiration in Spanish popular poetry and a large store of lyrics. Lorca, Machado, Alberti and Miguel Hernández, among others, "have witnessed" in many occasions how their verses have [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Poet and author, David Whyte

David creates avenues for you to release talents and qualities that have lived in isolation from the world — never finding a proper outlet or focus to building a sense of real belonging. Enter this conversation which is not a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Of legends and legacy - PAL stands in awe of Josh Maleehabad...

Special issue of quarterly Adbiyat on Josh is a part of Pakistan Academy of Letter’s project to publish critical and research papers on makers of Pakistani literature. PAL also intends to initiate the process to name a road in Isla [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Spain to recognise civil war poet Miguel Hernandez

It will present the family of the poet, Miguel Hernandez, with an official letter rehabilitating his memory. Hernandez was imprisoned as a traitor 70 years ago for supporting the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, and died in prison a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Tributes planned for Maryland poet Clifton

As admirers and friends of Lucille Clifton, a former poet laureate of Maryland, continued to mourn her passing, plans were completed Tuesday for a pair of memorial services in her honor - one for family and close friends, the other for t [...]