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- Meditation: Why It's Called a Practice - Huffingtonpost.com
"Flowers keep us close to the earth and show us what repetition can do. When we are good planters and caretakers we see results- not just once, but many times in many ways... But the garden in the mind stretches much farther than just flowers and ...
- Discussion on Relationships (Knox College)
GALESBURG -- Fred Hord, Professor of Black Studies at Knox College, will host a discussion, "Black Male and Black Female Relationships," at 7:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 17, at the ABLE Center for Black Culture, 168 W. Tompkins St., on the Knox campus. The event is free and open to the public.
- Preview: Poetry (Independent)
Which corner of the literary field might flourish in a slump? Poetry lovers would argue that their high-value, zero-wastage art form is recession-proof. The next few weeks will see a boom in public verse amid the gloom. Next Tuesday's "Poetry Hour", devoted to WB Yeats and hosted by Josephine Hart at the British Library, has already sold out.
- Not the right type of meeting (Arab News)
This is perhaps one of the most hackneyed lines in English poetry. But as is usually the case with all clichés, Rudyard Kipling’s dictum, “East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,†may be rooted in reality.
- Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida delivers poetic solo album - The Canadian Press
Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida delivers poetic solo albumThe Canadian Press - 6 minutes agoWhere that poetry fits into his music has finally come into focus. Maida, frontman of Canadian alt-rockers Our Lady Peace, has ventured out on an ...
- Neighbor Islands (Honolulu Advertiser)
The 4 indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; the * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.
- Author talks culture, religion in new book - Haddon Herald
Author talks culture, religion in new bookHaddon Herald, NJ - 7 hours agoPrior to "Whispers of Truth," Burgo, 62, penned poetry, which she eventually hopes to "put together" and publish. She holds a BA in English and values the ...
- Voices of Inexperience, Relating War’s Horrors - New York Times
New York TimesVoices of Inexperience, Relating War’s HorrorsNew York Times, United States - 40 minutes agoThis one, in which an Iraqi baby is run over by military trucks, acquires the repetitive, stuttering poetry of a brutally unrelenting film loop. ...
- Initiative to use arts to curb violence - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Initiative to use arts to curb violencePittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 2 hours agoBy Jill King Greenwood Retired Allegheny County police Detective Jimmy Cvetic hopes he and others can help curb youth violence by involving kids in poetry, ...This rally of biblical proportion to preach life's value Pittsburgh Post Gazetteall 2 news articles
- Outbreak of Civility On being 100, "regretflix," and blurbing poetry. - Slate
Yet again , I bring special qualifications to the week's Fraywatch subjects: I too was charmed by 100-year-old " Diary" geezer Leon Despres, and I too have a copy of Hotel Rwanda sitting unwatched near my TV. We were all in it together this week ...
- Facing death with poetry (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
As a young boy growing up in the provinces, I used to go to the cemetery at this time of the year, not to visit the dead, but to fly kites. There, on top of the blocks of tombs that housed the dead, I would set my frail paper kite against the chilly November wind.
- Senior Internet Dating: Pitfalls Or Pratfalls? - WeHo News
WeHo NewsSenior Internet Dating: Pitfalls Or Pratfalls?WeHo News, CA - 16 hours agoHe had a picture of himself in black bikini shorts and t-shirt with a caption - getting ready for bed - and another picture of his bedroom all done in ...
- His world in words (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Arthur Kiyaga, a defenseman for the Richmond Renegades, was born in Uganda and moved to Canada when he was 4. He's in the process of obtaining an online degree in English, but already has had one book of poetry published and is working on another. Here's an excerpt from his first one entitled "Kiyaga-ism." "As my eyes run through your pages in search of light,
- Seabrook Around the Town - Hampton Union
Seabrook Around the TownHampton Union, NH - 6 hours agoThe event is free for performers and listeners. Teens and adults, seasoned veterans and first-time performers are invited to read poetry or play acoustic ...
- There’s Nothing Wrong With Feminism –– Binta S. Moh’d - LeadershipNigeria
There’s Nothing Wrong With Feminism –– Binta S. Moh’dLeadershipNigeria, Nigeria - 1 hour agoI started with poetry. The first poem I wrote was titled Tree. That time I was just sitting down under a tree and raised up my head and looked at the tree, ...
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