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The author reflects on the decline of contemporary Latvian poetry. Topics discussed include the annual literary festival Poetry Days in Latvia in 2023, the view of Latvian poet Liana Langa that contemporary poetry is very much in decline, because people mostly read poems in free verse, and the author's view that Latvian poetry is steadily moving away from an imagined universality and instead focusing on the particular and the ephemeral.

The article discusses the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds, which was held from June 26th through July 2, 1965 and featured works by poets including Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery and Robert Lowell.

The article discusses the Jasper Poetry Festival held in Alberta, Canada in 2017 in which several local poets including Barb Robin, Norma Kerby, and Dennis Reid met each other.

An interview with poet and author of bilingual children's books Jorge Argueta is presented. Argueta discusses how growing up in El Salvador and his later move to San Francisco, California shaped him as a writer, as seen in his poetry collection "A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada." He also discusses writing his poetry in Spanish and performing his own translation, the use of food in his poetry, and his Annual Festival of Children's Poetry festival held in El Salvador and San Francisco.

The article offers the author's insights on the translation of poetry. The author says that translation is done by people who are bilingual, with creative literary capabilities, and interest to introduce poetry to a wider audience. He relates his experience of accompanying Kristiina Ehin to the Poetry Parnassus Festival held in London, England in which he observes the attitudes of poets to translation.

Focuses on the International Forum for Literature in Seoul and the International Poetry Festival for World Peace in Manhae, Korea held in 2005. Theme of the Seoul event; Writers who attended the event; Failure of North Korean poets to attend the International Poetry Festival.

Presents a guideline for poets who are interested in booking a solo punk rock poetry tour. Creation of a book of poetry; Establishment of a fan base in the hometown; Creation of a press kit.

The article offers information on residency programs and conferences for writers in the U.S. as of January 2010. The residency programs of Anderson Center is scheduled from May-October 2010 at its estate in Red Wing, Minnesota. The schedule of the 18th Austin International Poetry Festival is from April 15-18, 2010. The annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs will be held in Denver, Colorado from April 7-10, 2010.

Reports on the plans of organizations to host events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a poetry public reading, including the poem "Howl," by Allen Ginsberg, held at the Six Gallery in San Francisco, California on October 7, 1955. Other poets who participated in the event; Impact of the poem on the U.S. poetry; Scope of the poem.

The article looks at ways to celebrate National Poetry Month in April and presents four poetry Web sites to visit. The Web site for the Poetry Foundation releases daily poetry podcasts with readings from award-winning poets like Marilyn Nelson and Donald Hall. The Library of Congress Web site has Poetry 180, which features a poem for every school day. The article discusses the International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in New York City.

The article reports that the New York City Poetry Festival will be held from July 28-29, 2018 on Governors Island.

The article reviews the first Annual Mahindra Kabira Festival held in Banaras, India.

In this article the author discusses the state of poetry in Great Britain in 2006. While the grass-roots poetry scene is vibrant, with numerous poetry festivals and readings staged in bars, theaters and private homes, publishers have reduced the number of poetry titles on their lists significantly. He explains this divergence by the unwillingness of publishers to advance more popular poets and on academic elitism.

The article informs that the PEN, worldwide association of writers, sponsored an evening of poetry and memory at New York University, on April 27. Jeffrey Sacks, the translator of Mahmoud Darwish's latest book of poems, "Why Did You Leave The Horse Alone?" opened the event by noting that Darwish, a 1948 refugee from the Galilee who later returned with his family, was considered by Israel "a present absentee." Carolyn Forche, famous for "The Land Between Us," a book of poems about the civil war in El Salvador, recalled a reading he gave at Swarthmore College--packed With 800 people, including many Arabs, who "sang his poetry."

The article offers several facts about Chennai, India. These include Chennai as the city of columnist and playwrights such as Tim Murari, Tishani Doshi and Tulsi Badrinath, Prakriti Foundation's poetry festivals held every year in Chennai and the Madras Book Club that serves a common place for authors to meet. The article also mentions Chennai's audience is an integral part of any theatrical play.

The author recounts a week in her life, including attending the Black Huts Festival poetry and film festival, doing a joint author reading with Patrick McGuinness, author of "Other People's Countries," and attending the Samuel Johnson Prize non-fiction writing competition award ceremony at which she won the 2014 award for her book "H Is for Hawk."

Information about the events during the Chennai Literary Festival which was held in Chennai, India on January 9-11, 2014 is presented. The event was attended by a number of literary enthusiasts, and hosted by the English Department at the University of Madras. The festival featured book fairs, cultural shows, and a valedictory programme.

Presents highlights of the First National Poetry Festival convened in Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of "Poetry: A Magazine of Verse," and to inaugurate an annual "Oktoberfest." Comments of poets Muriel Rukeyser and J.V. Cunningham on each other's poetry style; Revelation made by poet Karl Shapiro that the real poetry of the U.S. is its prose; Information that Harold Munro discussed about a modest but firm inspection of the spirit of his own poetry.

The article presents a calendar of literary events in New York City for November 2010 including the Irish Arts Center's "IAC Poetryfest 2010" poetry festival, a reading by authors Larry Doyle and Jessica Francis Kane, and a talk with German film director Volker Schlöndorff.

The article offers information on the Split This Rocky Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation and Witness.

The article provides information on the 2006 Mississippi Delta Literary Festival to be held on October 27-28 in Greenville, Mississippi. The festival started in 2005 as an event to recognize the contribution Mississippi Delta writers have made to the literary scene of the region such as Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, and Shelby Foote.

The article offers the author's insights concerning Christoph Buchwald, publisher of the German publishing house Suhrkamp and series editor of the periodical "Jahrbuch der Lyrik." The author says that he met Buchwald during an international poetry festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1999. He adds that the cultivated interest of Buchwald in American poetry seemed to be enhanced in the exchange.