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Burns’ Portrait / Who Was Shakespeare? – Poetry News Roundup January 30th

This week on My Poetic Side we take a look at a portrait of Robert Burns and also a new book, which claims that Shakespeare might have been a black Jewish woman. Long Lost Portrait of Robert Burns Goes on Display in Time for Burns Night A long-lost painting of Scotland’s greatest poet, Robert Burns, has gone on display at the National Gallery of Scotland, coinciding with ...

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February 1st

23:38 - Palestin, by lilly OvO+18
23:12 - Demond's Demise, by randyjohnson71
22:50 - Stealing Greenland, by Matthew R. Callies
22:10 - Springs, by Sami Mulaj
21:50 - The sun is crying, by Ethan Mikel StAmour
21:46 - This moment., by Vipassana
20:19 - Tomorrow: The Poet's Word Circus , by DeadRose
19:24 - Shiver, by Maplespal
18:41 - Every Person, by E.J. Waling
18:07 - Things That Were, by Tonya Titus
17:58 - be careful before you jump in, by jjudaharts
17:46 - I am waiting for your word by Sergei Smirnov, by Ksey_Gan
16:55 - A Woman, by Shloka Gupta
16:02 - Semblance of you, by aria sahgal1
15:46 - Go forth and not tell all, by orchidee
15:16 - When the Quiet Left the Room , by GeekSusie
15:07 - Something greater, by byyvette
14:43 - Requestion, by Elaine P.
13:55 - Daily X Road, by Kenny O\'Donnell
13:41 - The One To Embrace (+1), by Kurt Philip Behm
12:41 - No Medication , by Shaunmatthewcpoetry
12:39 - performance, by lunarchloedip
12:26 - Cancer II, by Eugene S.
12:11 - →Oduk(u), by Delusional Fredrick1
12:08 - Religion's Worst Witness, by Tristan Robert Lange
10:50 - The Unwanted Pure, by soheil khodaparasti
10:50 - Cast your line., by Aa Harvey
10:35 - Rat Holes and Absinthe, by Thomas W Case
10:27 - Help Us, by birdbird1
10:23 - Between the lines, by Carlos Alberto BUSTILLOS

Latest fusioned poems

January 27th

20:00 - Death, started by Natik S.

January 24th

14:30 - Where the Edges Learn to Breathe, started by Anthony Hanible

January 18th

20:00 - The Road That Waits, started by rawaneigh.99

December 30th

4:30 - কয়লা - শাহ্ আলম আল মুজাহিদ, started by Shah Alam Al Mujahid

December 26th

7:30 - Legends never die, started by BaHons Nana Z Debenham

December 20th

14:00 - what we call an end is maybe just a phase, started by ipshita

November 12th

5:00 - Somewhere Only We Know, started by ꜱʏʟᴠᴀ

October 24th

17:00 - Guided by the Light Within, started by ms.divine
11:34 - Guy Fawkes., started by Poetic Licence

October 20th

13:00 - Ever lonely , started by Princess Osariemen Aihie

October 19th

15:30 - The Weight of Knowing, started by louiray

October 17th

17:12 - Halloween, started by Poetic Licence

October 14th

5:30 - our open page , started by arqios

October 13th

8:00 - Shattered silence, started by Princess Osariemen Aihie

October 11th

9:29 - Some People at Christmas, started by Poetic Licence

October 4th

16:00 - Is It Contagious?., started by Poetic Licence

September 29th

11:42 - Friend or Foe , started by Poetic Licence

September 28th

0:13 - Is There a Fix?., started by Poetic Licence

September 17th

13:30 - The way I Still Remember You, started by louiray
12:36 - Love is... (September 14th-29th), started by Aa Harvey

January 27th

7:52 - Quiet Sky, started by Nayak

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Ts Eliot Prize / Burns Competition / Blake’s Cottage Restoration – Poetry News Roundup January 22nd

Published by Joanne Jeffries January 23rd, 2026.

This week, our poetry news round up looks at the winner of the 2025 TS Eliot poetry prize, the Burns inspired poetry competition and plans to restore William Blake's cottage back to its 1800 appearance. 2025 TS Eliot Poetry Prize Winner Announced Karen Solie, a Canadian poet, has been named the winner of the 2025 ...

Barnes Celebration / Sin-yong Dies – Poetry News Roundup January 16th

Published by Joanne Jeffries January 16th, 2026.

This week on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the annual William Barnes celebrations and the death of Kim Sin-yong. Annual Celebration for Poet William Barnes and Dorset Culture Celebrations will be held for the 225th birthday of Dorset’s beloved dialect poet, William Barnes. The Tea with William Barnes is an annual event that is ...

Thomas “Plagiarised” / Blake Arrest Pub For Sale / Owen Hotel Protected – Poetry News Roundup January 9th

Published by Joanne Jeffries January 9th, 2026.

This week our poetry news round up looks at plagiarism linked to Dylan Thomas, the sale of the pub where William Blake was arrested and the protected status of a hotel where Wilfred Owen recuperated. As a Schoolboy Dylan Thomas “Plagiarised Other Poets” According to a publicist and author who has been looking at early works by Dylan Thomas, ...

Poet Awarded MBE / Cathedral Poetry Event / New York Mayor Honoured By Poet – Poetry News Roundup January 2nd

Published by Joanne Jeffries January 2nd, 2026.

Our first poetry news round up of 2026 takes a look at the poet awarded an MBE in the New Years honours list, a poetry event in a cathedral and the poet taking part in the inauguration for the new mayor of New York. Poet Awarded MBE in New Year Honours List The novelist and poet Andrew McMillan has been awarded an MBE in the ...

300 yr Old Poet’s Mystery Solved / Scotland – Jamaica Collaboration – Poetry News Roundup December 26th

Published by Joanne Jeffries December 29th, 2025.

Today, we’ll take a look at the 300 year old mystery of Joachim do Bellay, and the collaboration between Scotland and Jamaica. Archaeologists Solve 300-Year-Old Mystery French researchers and archaeologists believe that they have identified the final remains of Joachim du Bellay, the famed French Renaissance poet who died in 1650. Following the poets death, it was never fully ...

Poet’s Home Battle / Guernsey’s Blue Plaque – Poetry News Roundup December 19th

Published by Joanne Jeffries December 20th, 2025.

This week on My Poetic Side we look at the growing petition to save a poet’s former apartment and a blue plaque on Guernsey. The Battle to Save a Poet’s Former Apartment from Expansion of the Moulin-Rouge A flat in Montmartre, France where Jacques Prévert, one of the most important French poets in recent years, lived is being threatened by ...