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- Johann Hari: As life flies on, don't let poetry pass you by (Independent)
I used to think poetry was a rotting art form, waiting only for its own Eleanor Rigby funeral. In an age that gets faster and faster and faster every day – where great gallons of information are spewed all over us constantly – what place was there for these compressed, opaque little patches of words that required us to slow down and incessantly re-read?
- Life's embarassing moments - Schenectady Gazette
Life's embarassing momentsSchenectady Gazette, NY - 11 hours agoHe was alluding to the time I was emceeing a poetry read, tripped on a wire and had a large light fixture fall on top of me, all in front of a hundred ...
- Former AP Haiti correspondent Michael Norton dies - Boston Globe
Michael Norton -- who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press -- died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Norton chronicled the turmoil that followed former dictator Jean ...
- Zimbabwe: Bwaz to Launch HIV/Aids Awareness Programme (AllAfrica.com)
THE Budding Writers' Association of Zimbabwe is launching a new HIV and Aids awareness project targeting young artistes.
- Hot Rock: Album, talent put genre mixer into spotlight - DetNews.com
Hot Rock: Album, talent put genre mixer into spotlightDetNews.com, MI - 8 hours agoHey, it may not be poetry, but it works. And as for the question of if the song was written for any one girl in particular, Rock isn't giving up the goods. ...
- East Visayas fellows garner awards in national writers workshop - Philippine Information Agency
East Visayas fellows garner awards in national writers workshopPhilippine Information Agency, Philippines - Jun 17, 2008Luciano L. Abia, also from Region 8, received an Honorable Mention for Individual Poem for his "Lagatob han Dughan hin Batan-on nga Mangirisda" while a ...
- Event: Cultural function to raise funds for Samudra Gupta - The New Nation
Event: Cultural function to raise funds for Samudra GuptaThe New Nation, Bangladesh - 1 hour agoMusic and poetry recitation was included in the programme jointly organised by Scholars Publishers and Sangbrita. Poet Nirmalendu Goon and Asaduzzaman Noor ...
- Liberty Belle chimes in - The Canberra Times
Liberty Belle chimes inThe Canberra Times, Australia - 1 hour agoAs well as the race meet, pigeon poetry involves an online form guide and sweep, allowing people to pick a pigeon and a poem to win. ...
- Vandals get classroom penance - Lafayette Journal and Courier
Using “The Road Not Taken” and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways — and the redemptive power of poetry.
- Stone Circle turns 25 this summer - Traverse City Record Eagle
Stone Circle turns 25 this summerTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 7 hours agoThe evening is an open forum to all ages and all walks of life, though there are a couple of rules. First, poems must be memorized and recited by heart. ...
- Big City - New York Times
Some enterprising Brooklynite was clearly inspired on Friday afternoon to host a really good Memorial Day weekend barbecue — the best kind of barbecue, in fact, the kind someone else pays for. “Need grill, charcoal, top-quality hamburgers, hot ...
- Scanning religion - Los Angeles Daily News
Scanning religionLos Angeles Daily News, CA - 3 hours agoI Saw the Light, an evening of readings and poetry, 8 pm today, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 3646 Coldwater Canyon Ave., Studio City. $10. ...
- Olympic champion Tian runs off torch relay in Xi'an - Xinhua
Olympic champion Tian runs off torch relay in Xi'anXinhua, China - 31 minutes ago"It's just another best time in my life. It feels just like I have won another Olympic gold," said Tian, who won two Olympic golds and retired after Athens ...
- Salvaged WWII stories waiting to be read - The Union Leader
Salvaged WWII stories waiting to be readThe Union Leader, NH - 5 hours agoThe premiere issue featured stories about local Marine Vincent Cassidy, who became known for writing poetry in the South Pacific and getting engaged to his ...
- Doris Dörrie and Natasha Arthy - Bright Lights Film Journal
Bright Lights Film JournalDoris Dörrie and Natasha ArthyBright Lights Film Journal - 58 minutes agoCherry Blossoms insists on poetry as the way out. While the film is also flawed (much as her outfit revealed a hodgepodge assortment of flashy color, ...
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