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- I'll Take the Manhattan - Las Cruces Sun-News
H.L. Mencken famously called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." The sonnet, as anyone who took freshman English may remember, is a poem with a specific meter, a structure of exactly 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme ...
- Pat Butler recognizes its young authors at tea - Paso Robles Press
Pat Butler recognizes its young authors at teaPaso Robles Press, CA - 1 hour ago“The Sound of Poetry,” “The Voyager,” “Dear Diary,” “The New Family,” and “Pearl Harbor,” were among book titles students selected during the multi-step ...
- Andrew Lycett's essential Dylan Thomas - guardian.co.uk
Andrew Lycett's essential Dylan Thomasguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoOccasioned by his father's blindness and imminent death, this is a craftsman's poem, all the more powerful for its tight villanelle form.Dylan Thomas guardian.co.ukall 2 news articles
- Lavinia, the woman Virgil slighted in 'The Aeneid' - Philadelphia Inquirer
Lavinia, the woman Virgil slighted in 'The Aeneid'Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 1 hour agoFor those who can read Latin, it's also beautiful poetry. Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus, is a pawn in the epic, the virgin who must marry Aeneas. ...
- LITERATURE: Reading for Relief (6/28) - Rochester City Newspaper
LITERATURE: Reading for Relief (6/28)Rochester City Newspaper, NY - 10 hours agoMercy Corps, a humanitarian relief organization, presents Reading for Relief, an afternoon of poetry, fiction, and memoir readings by local authors, ...
- Coastal Post Online - Coastal Post News
Smiley's Hotel in downtown Bolinas, California offers some of the best rooms in West Marin at the most reasonable prices. Garden settings and only a 5 minute walk to some beautiful beaches. 30 miles north of San Francisco, it is the best kept secret ...
- Harvey Mackay: Teamwork should be in your nature - Post-Bulletin
Harvey Mackay: Teamwork should be in your naturePost-Bulletin, MN - 4 hours agoPhil Jackson, the highly successful coach of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, frequently reads poetry to his players. To inspire his players on the subject of ...
- Spike in sales for next poet laureate (The Charlotte Observer)
Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet. Demand for her work jumped sharply Thursday upon the Library of Congress' announcement that she had been named the new U.S. poet laureate, a one-year term beginning in the fall. Her collections "The Niagara River," "Say Uncle" and "Elephant Rocks" hold the top three spaces on Amazon.com's list of best-selling poetry books, and are out of stock. Meanwhile ...
- Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'highpark' (Torontoist)
The mothers of murder victims Oliver Martin and Dylan Ellis went public yesterday pleading for information to help find the person responsible for their son's deaths. Hope it's not going to be that kind of summer.
- Religious Briefs - Chico Enterprise-Record
PARADISE — The Rev. Ann Sullivan will conduct another of her classes on love and parenting today from 1 to 2:30 p.m., at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 5872 Oliver Road. Newcomers are welcome. Archbishop to speak today CHICO — The Most Rev. James ...
- Richard Herring (The New Statesman)
I am working my way through my old diaries and schoolbooks and folders full of childhood memorabilia as preparation for my new Edinburgh show, “The Headmaster’s Son”. My dad was the headmaster at the secondary school I went to and I am hoping to prove that this fact caused the psychological damage that explains why I am such a fuck up as an adult - unable to commit to anyone, making my living ...
- Op-ed column: A Wild West mentality - Schenectady Gazette
Op-ed column: A Wild West mentalitySchenectady Gazette, NY - 3 hours agoMake them read poetry, I say! Make them wear pink frilly lace, sing campfire songs and then put them on TV.) Consider alternative, lawful ways to affirm ...
- Major League Eating: The Game Premiers - Appscout
AppscoutMajor League Eating: The Game PremiersAppscout, NY - 1 hour agoJust as the release of Wii Fit sheds a bit of light on the potential of the videos game as a tool for real-life exercise, Nintendo announces--with much ...
- Art exhibits: Sunday, July 6, 2008 (The Oklahoman)
Exhibits Dale Chihuly: "The Exhibition,” June 17-Dec. 31 and "Roman Art from the Louvre,” June 19-Oct. 12, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100. "Reporting Terrorism,” June 16-Dec. 31, Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, 620 N Harvey Ave., 235-3313. Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, June 17-Sept. 7 and "Being Buffalo Bill: Man, Myth and Media,” ...
- Sejong Cultural Society shares Korean culture - Wilmette Life
Sejong Cultural Society shares Korean cultureWilmette Life, IL - 5 hours agoA writing competition -- requiring either an essay on an assigned topic or a "sijo," a traditional Korean form of poetry -- debuted in 2006. ...
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