Tag: Poetry
Lorca's grave to be opened
The common grave where Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is buried will be opened in private at the request of his family.[MORE]
British Library acquires Hughes archive
The British Library has acquired a major archive of poet Ted Hughes.[MORE]
Journal set to publish bin Laden's poetry
Osama bin Laden is one of the world's most wanted men but he is now also about to be a published poet. [MORE]
Poet Garcia Lorca's family against opening grave
The grave of Spain's best-known poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca is at the centre of a dispute over whether thousands of victims of dictator Francisco Franco lying in mass graves should be given dignified burials.[MORE]
'National poet' Darwish laid to rest
Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmoud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.[MORE]
Voice of Palestinian suffering dies after heart surgery
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas.[MORE]
Unpublished Pablo Neruda poems highlight last romance
A series of unpublished poems by Chile's late Pablo Neruda, winner of the 1971 Nobel prize for literature, are shedding light on his last romance with his wife's niece, who was more than 40 years his junior.[MORE]
Tasmanian poet wins NSW prize
A Hobart writer, Kathryn Lomer, has won the $30,000 Kenneth Slessor Prize for poetry.[MORE]
Waltzing Maltida a little ditty, historians say
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Two historians say Banjo's Waltzing Matilda was aimed at impressing a woman.[MORE]
Outback lures young bush poets
More than 100 children from across outback Queensland have been involved in Australia's biggest junior festival for performance bush poetry.[MORE]
Betjeman's muse dies at 92
Joan Hunter Dunn, genteel muse to Britain's former poet laureate John Betjeman and the inspiration for one of his best-known poems, has died at the age of 92.[MORE]
Towns share Man From Snowy River
A tug-of-war develops over the character from one of Australia's best known poems.[MORE]
Poetry: better than texting!
A good poem has to be saying something significant, says Patrick Buckridge.[MORE]
US audiences dig bush poetry
A western Queensland bush poet says fans in the United States are "enthralled" with Australian bush poetry and how it is performed. [MORE]
Burmese poet arrested over coded message
Burmese authorities have arrested a well-known poet after they noticed that one of his love poems contained a hidden message criticising Burma's military leader. [MORE]
Bush poet to perform second US tour
Queensland bush poet Jennifer Haig says she is looking forward to performing in front of hundreds of cowboys and sharing a bit of Australian culture. [MORE]
Top literary prizes awarded
A Canberra-based translator has taken out the ACT's Book of the Year award.[MORE]
ACT art awards recognise array of talent
Writers and artists from Canberra are among artists from across Australia who have been recognised in the ACT's most prestigious art awards.[MORE]
Judith Wright's $1 home for sale
The chief executive of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Canberra says he is working hard to secure a buyer for poet Judith Wright's bushland home.[MORE]
Yakka Munga station sold
A Kimberley cattle station once owned by the famous bush poet Johnny James has been sold.[MORE]
Unpublished Mistral poems found
About 100 unpublished poems along with photographs and other belongings of Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral have been found in the United States, a Santiago newspaper reports.[MORE]
Play to explore life, work of Indigenous poet
The life work of a prominent Indigenous leader will be honoured in a play to be written and staged in Queensland.[MORE]
Loved-up pensioner runner-up in text poetry contest
A love-struck pensioner has come up trumps in a poetry contest with a difference: the poems had to be written in "text speak". [MORE]
Unknown Shakespeare poem to be published
A virtually unknown poem by William Shakespeare is being published for the first time as part of an edition of his collected works.[MORE]
Youngsters get into bush poetry
The nation's largest junior bush poetry festival begins today in western Queensland, aiming to instil an appreciation of traditional verse in young people. [MORE]
