According to Dr Muckta Karmarkar, Mirza Ghalib is the most quoted poet, followed by couplets in Bengali, Punjabi and Sanskrit.

Source: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/hope-new-parliament-welcomes-more-wit-and-humour/

According to Out On An Island - who are behind the trail - the historical figure was included due to his close relationship with fellow poet Arthur Henry Hallam, but there is no definitive evidence the writer was homosexual.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12350791/Outrage-poet-Alfred-Lord-Tennyson-listed-queer-Isle-White-historical-figure-schools-trail-despite-fact-married-children.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A delightful, eccentric street poet, showman and 18 carat national treasure who looks far more comfortable in his own skin now then he did all those years ago.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23642337.pulp-trnsmt-glasgow-concert-boring-without-audience/?ref=rss

After booking into a B&B in Killiecrankie, run by Mrs Braid, a widow who charged 50p extra for luxuries such as a boiled egg with breakfast, Parini found himself sharing a small double bed with the poet.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23756267.short-term-lets-save-brilliant-b-bs/?ref=rss

After five nominations, poet, writer and academic, Obari Gomba, has won the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his play, “Grit”, published by Hornbill House of the Arts.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/obari-gomba-the-man-who-won-100000-nigeria-prize-for-literature/

Also, while studying acting in Britain, I did a one-man show about queer poet Langston Hughes.

Source: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/06/03/exclusion-review-karoline-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exclusion-review-karoline-interview

A member of 2nd Saturday Poets since 1983, Bannowsky, is a retired autoworker, an educator, a college adjunct, and an award-winning author and poet.

Source: https://outandaboutnow.com/literary-legacy/

An accomplished poet, author and artist as well as a skilled surgeon, McCrae’s most famous work, In Flanders Field, was published in May 1915 and is written from the perspective of fallen soldiers lying in their graves.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/11/remembrance-day-2023-poems-quotes-pay-tribute-fallen-19808116/

An Nemia will stage the family-friendly Drag Story Time, boasting a curated booklist, while Colchester poet Mary-Ann Ambrose will host a session making fun of words.

Source: https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23274406.colchester-library-host-month-long-kaleidoscope-festival/?ref=rss

A poet, writer, playwright, essayist and translator, Tolnai is considered one of the most important contemporary Hungarian authors.

Source: https://sloveniatimes.com/vilenica-prize-goes-to-otto-tolnai/

“Arbitrarily detaining people without charges is an unacceptable and un-Canadian way to welcome people seeking a better life,” said Nivyabandi, a journalist, poet, activist, and former refugee from Burundi.

Source: https://voiceonline.com/extension-of-b-c-alberta-immigration-detention-contracts-appalling-and-unnecessary-amnesty-international-canada/

A rubric is provided to a panel of judges which, this year, included first-ever Bronx poet laureate and native Bronxite Haydil Henriquez.

Source: https://www.bxtimes.com/young-bronx-poets-joes-pub/

Arundhathi SubramaniamArundhathi Subramaniam is an award-winning poet and writer.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/remembering-gieve-patel-poet-painter-playwright-translator-doctor-9019773/

As a locally-renowned poet and actress, Obisie-Orlu uses her art to tell stories of migration, belonging and empowerment.

Source: https://pittnews.com/article/180602/top-stories/danielle-obisie-orlu-stories-and-studies-of-belonging/

As I ponder the incalculable suffering of children, I read the following lines in the poem “Report from the Besieged City,” by the late Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert, in a translation by John Carpenter and Bogdona Carpenter.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/10/gazas-most-vulnerable-victims/

A voice and chamber ensemble with music by the composer Roderick Williams and text by poet Rommi Smith will perform a contemporary response to the hymn, performed by Chineke!

Source: https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/angels-to-float-in-milton-keynes-skies-dropping-white-feathers-as-part-of-massive-summer-festival-4017712

Bartley talked about the events he’d held, including poetry workshops by local poet “10-Thousand,” book launches, an occasional musical event and also community talks.

Source: https://www.buffalorising.com/2023/06/fitz-books-a-place-connections-are-made/

Based on the bestselling Newbery Award-winning novel-in-verse by author, poet and educator Kwame Alexander, the drama tells the story of 14-year-old basketball phenom brothers, Josh (Hall) and JB (Amir O’Neil) Bell.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/02/scene-2-seen-podcast-jalyn-hall-discusses-what-he-learned-from-playing-emmett-1235247960/

Because Lady Byron did not want her daughter to grow up to be a poet like Lord Byron, the family used their resources to instead hire tutors in math and science.

Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/meet-ada-lovelace-the-first-computer-programmer

“Belfast has a long and vivid history as a center of poetry in Maine,” Moore told the council, “with its poet laureate and its annual poetry festival each October, and also with its many readings, events and workshops.”

Source: https://waldo.villagesoup.com/2023/03/03/belfast-seeks-a-bard/