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Poet and musician Dave Morrison will perform Poetry Rocks, a unique blend of spoken word and looped guitar, on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 40 Paper restaurant. Originally released as …

Port Townsend poet Matthew Nienow will release his new book of poetry, If Nothing, on January 21. The collection is described by Nienow as an honest exploration of addiction, masculinity, …

Ukrainian poet and prose writer Oleksiy Bezpaltsiev has died during combat operations on the Kharkiv front. He was 34 years old and had been defending the Pokrovsk direction for over …

Labhaoise Ní Lonargáin Ní Chonamhara from Gaelcholáiste Chéitinn was named runner-up in the senior category of the 2024 Poetry Aloud competition. The competition, which challenges second-level students across Ireland to …

The 30th death anniversary of renowned poetess Parveen Shakir is being observed today. Shakir began writing at a young age, creating both prose and poetry. She contributed columns to Urdu …

Sharmila Nakra, an educationist, launched her debut poetry collection, Surkh Gulabo Ka Mausam, at the Punjab Press Club. The event, organized by LitSpark and Mahila Kavya Manch, brought together several …

The folk tale “Heer Waris Shah,” inspired by the poetry of the famous Sufi poet of Punjab, was staged in Islamabad in collaboration with the Pakistan National Council of Arts …

The timeless Bengali folk song “Tu Laal Paharir Deshe Ja, Ranga Matir Deshe Ja”—a lyrical ode to the red soil of Bengal—was penned by the multifaceted Arun Kumar Chakraborty. Known …

North Carolina’s poet laureate, Jaki Shelton Green, will be the keynote speaker at Rocky Mount’s 37th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast on January 20. The event, held at …

Indian poet and artist Sandeep Kumar Mishra has earned a place in the prestigious Evergreen Wishes Christmas Award Anthology 2024, published by the League of the Poets (T.L.O.P) International in …