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- Obama's message lost in translation - Indianapolis Star
Obama's message lost in translationIndianapolis Star, United States - 2 hours agoPoetry is in the DNA of this romantic, passionate people. Obama knows this language without speaking Spanish. Thus, while McCain spoke PowerPoint about his ...
- The poet of the poor - Guardian Unlimited
Ebenezer Elliott, ironmonger of Rotherham, cherished a modest hope that his verse would make him immortal: "Then let me write for immortality / One honest song, uncramp'd by forms or creeds, / That men unborn may read my times and me, / Taught by my ...
- Carroll Yesteryears - Carroll County Times
These Civil War veterans are part of a group photo of the Pickett Grand Army of the Republic Post taken about 1890 in Winfield. Decoration Day big deal in Carroll long after Civil War Westminster's two newspapers, the American Sentinel and Democratic ...
- Davidson teen finds outlet in writing poetry - Augusta Chronicle (subscription)
Davidson teen finds outlet in writing poetryAugusta Chronicle (subscription), GA - 20 minutes agoMuch of her writing is intimate -- "heartbreak, love, typical teenage poems," she said -- but her selections for the contest don't give away any secrets. ...
- New center opens for district students - Bridgeton News
Stephanie Garcia sat in the brand new, state-of-the-art television studio and smiled at the camera. She was among the students on hand to demonstrate some of the features of Newark Public School's new student center. The building along Broadway is ...
- SOVER SCENE: Woman on a mission The seasoned verve of author Elayne ... - Rutland Herald
It was called "Love Letters To Vermont" and it was the first book I'd ever opened in the sole Vermont bookstore I'd ever browsed through during the exploratory trip that my family and I made here years ago when we were considering moving to New ...
- Books in the works - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Books in the worksMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 1 hour ago... detective who loves poetry. It's "a politically charged novel imbued with great wit and warmth," his publisher says. by Garrison Keillor Clint Bunsen, ...
- Monday's Agenda, July 13 - Miami Herald
Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add ...
- Pillbox among many for Red Cross benefit at Nathan P. Murphy's (The Springfield News-Leader)
American Legion Post 676, 5484 W. Sunshine St., 882-4676: Dave Spencer & Dixie Creek, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday; 6-10 p.m. Sunday, cover.
- The Three Of Us: A Family Story, by Julia Blackburn (Independent)
The trio in the title of this surprising and illuminating book consists of the author and her parents. Thomas Blackburn, the son of a religious fanatic, was a poet who consumed an oceanic amount of booze. He was violent in his cups and for a lengthy period became addicted to the barbiturate sodium amytal. The lethal combination of drug and alcohol exacerbated his tendency to violence and ...
- From poetry assignment to national finalist - Yakima Herald-Republic
From poetry assignment to national finalistYakima Herald-Republic, WA - 7 minutes agoThe classroom activity -- memorizing and reciting a poem -- was for Poetry Out Loud. The competition's goal, starting at the classroom level, is to interest ...
- Who do you consider a modern-day patriot? - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
It seems fitting after the recent celebration of the Fourth of July holiday to reflect on the founding of the American Republic. The patriots of the Revolutionary War era proclaimed the birth of a new nation in the Declaration of Independence. They ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner conducts Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society ... - The Capital Times
Pulitzer Prize winner conducts Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society ...The Capital Times, WI - 35 minutes agoThe second movement, for his daughter, is set to poetry by Carol Ann Duffy. Finally, the lullaby interweaves texts by Engelbert Humperdinck and a ...
- Poetry column: All the puzzle parts of perfection - Evening Sun
We all have hoped for perfection, envisioned what it should be like, and have occasionally been so audacious as to plan for it sometimes, especially when meaningful events are in the offing. Olympic athletes use perfection in their meditative ...
- Emma dedicated her life to her job as hospital matron - Exmouth Herald
Emma dedicated her life to her job as hospital matronExmouth Herald, UK - 1 hour ago"Other interests were crosswords, flower arranging, poetry and knitting. Her favourite television programmes were Countdown, Songs of Praise and The ...
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