Saturday, December 14, 2013

Ten Key Moments in English Language Poetry in 2013 (As per Eyewear)



1. GEOFFREY HILL PUBLISHES HIS COLLECTED POEMS.

2. SEAMUS HEANEY DIES.

3. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN INVITES HUNDREDS OF POETS TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

4. POETRY MAGAZINE IN AMERICA GETS A NEW EDITOR.

5. CHARLES BERNSTEIN PUBLISHES RECALCULATING.

6. HELEN MORT SHORTLISTED FOR TS ELIOT PRIZE AND THE COSTA.

7. PATRICIA SMITH WINS THE LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE.

8. MATTHEW DICKMAN ARRIVES IN UK ON TWO LEADING MAGAZINE COVERS IN ONE MONTH.

9. DAVID SHOOK TRIES TO GET A POETRY DRONE OFF THE GROUND.

10. EMILY BERRY DEBUTS WITH FABER.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Bizarre Poets

Bizarre Poets#1- William McGonagall read his poems while the crowd was permitted to pelt him with eggs, flour, herrings, potatoes and stale bread. For this, he received fifteen shillings a night. McGonagall seemed happy with this arrangement, but the events became so raucous that the city magistrates were forced to put a ban on them.

Bizarre Poets#2 On 2 March 1882, Roderick Maclean, a disgruntled poet apparently offended by Queen Victoria's refusal to accept one of his poems, shot at the Queen as her carriage left Windsor railway station.

Abhay K reading his poems at historical Patan Durbar Sqaure


































Pic by Prakash Subedi