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- 'Bird's Nest' Ballads: Olympic National Anthems (NPR)
As medal-winners step up to the podium in this year's Summer Olympics, commentator Miles Hoffman says, we're bound to hear quite a few national anthems, some of which come equipped with bad poetry and stilted music.
- Many parents ‘too busy’ to read to children - The Herald
Many parents ‘too busy’ to read to childrenThe Herald, UK - Sep 17, 2008Poetry also proved popular among the children surveyed. More than one-third of the youngsters said they enjoyed it, although this figure was lower in older ...
- TODAY’S CREATIVE LOVING PROFILE - Creative Loafing Tampa
TODAY’S CREATIVE LOVING PROFILECreative Loafing Tampa, FL - 59 minutes agoThis is a woman who takes her cooking seriously, who recites poetry to her pots and, when she senses danger, bids tearful goodbyes to her pans. ...
- I'm top of the poets: Abigail, 15, wins national award - Halifax Evening Courier
I'm top of the poets: Abigail, 15, wins national awardHalifax Evening Courier, UK - 5 hours agoThe award, in its 11th year, is organised by The Poetry Society to discover young poets aged 11-17 and help them develop their talents to become future ...
- Hail to smartypants champ - The Sun Daily
Hail to smartypants champThe Sun Daily, Malaysia - 12 hours agoThe Times of London gave British poet Fanny Walker a whole page last week in which she made an impassioned plea that performance poetry be included in the ...
- Composer-musician Terence Blanchard to begin residency - Skidmore College News
Composer-musician Terence Blanchard to begin residencySkidmore College News, NY - 7 hours agoThe readings, which include poetry and a report on the government's response to the hurricane, give context to the CD. Our hope is that the breadth of the ...
- What book...? By Hardeep Singh Kohli - Daily Mail
Daily MailWhat book...? By Hardeep Singh KohliDaily Mail, UK - 3 hours agoIt introduced me to the beauty, poetry and simplicity of heartfelt fiction. I was never a great one for books everyone else raved about. ...
- Guest column: Lesson for teachers: To care and not to care - Des Moines Register
One morning last fall I found a line from T. S. Eliot's poem "Ash Wednesday" swirled in purple marker across the front whiteboard of my classroom: "Teach us to care and not to care." The elegant penmanship told me it was Trudy, my friend and fellow ...
- Runners Register for Arboretum Perennial 5K Cross-County Forest Run; - ReadMedia (press release)
Runners Register for Arboretum Perennial 5K Cross-County Forest Run;ReadMedia (press release), NY - 20 minutes agoThe Arboretum encourages creative individuals and those who support them to bring their music, poetry, prose, artwork, and crafts to share with others ...
- Matthew Shepard event set for LARAC - Post-Star
The 10-year anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, the gay 21 year-old college student who was beaten and left to die tied to a split-rail fence in the plains of Wyoming, is Oct. 12. Members of Friends of Matthew Shepard and the Lower ...
- Entries pour in for Hughes poetry contest - Hebdenbridge Today
Entries pour in for Hughes poetry contestHebdenbridge Today, UK - 2 hours agoThe Elmet Poetry Prize winner will be announced by Frieda Hughes, the daughter of Ted Hughes, during a festival to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of ...
- Edinburgh festival student roundup: Age cannot hinder them - guardian.co.uk
Edinburgh festival student roundup: Age cannot hinder themguardian.co.uk, UK - Aug 8, 2008Performed by Minotaur Theatre Company, UEA's ensemble of semi-professional actors, the comedy revolves around a love story between an elderly lady, Bessie, ...
- Pulitzer-winning poet Natasha Trethewey visits - Quad (subscription)
Pulitzer-winning poet Natasha Trethewey visitsQuad (subscription), PA - 1 hour ago... female African-American member. Recently, Trethewey was additionally awarded the 2008 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in poetry ...
- Konstantin Pavlov | Bulgarian poet, 75 - Philadelphia Daily News
Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, 75, who became one of Bulgaria's most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country's communist regime, died Sunday in Sofia after a long illness. Mr. Pavlov was among the few Bulgarian ...
- Urban Voices International Arts Festival - ArtslinkNews
Urban Voices International Arts FestivalArtslinkNews, South Africa - 3 hours agoUrban Voices International Poetry Festival features icons of international poetry: Don Mattera - South Africa, Adrian Mitchell - United Kingdom, ...
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