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- Words of welcome: Festival honoree makes poetry accessible (The Daily News of Newburyport)
poets NEWBURYPORT and mdash; Rhina Espaillat believes a poem should welcome readers in, not push them away. Newburyport's best known and most respected poet is the honoree of this year's Newburyport Literary Festival, which kicks off this evening.
- Son rises - Buffalo News
Jakob Dylan performed in Lafayette Square Thursday in support of his first solo effort, “Seeing Things.” Jakob Dylan outran his father’s shadow on Thursday night, while looking eerily like that father in the process. Dressed in a nifty black ...
- AJC Organizes its Eighth Poetry Competition - Al Arab Online
In order to promote artistic creation and encourage cultural communication, the Tangier Young Creators’ Association (AJC) is organizing its eighth poetry competition. This eighth contest, opening in April 2008, is dedicated to the great Arab poets ...
- I Thought I Missed My Pre-Mom Business Trips, Until I Took One Again - North Star Writers Group
I Thought I Missed My Pre-Mom Business Trips, Until I Took One AgainNorth Star Writers Group, MI - 11 hours agoI have a feeling that when he decides he’s too cool for this activity, I’ll switch to poetry instead of novels. I guess it took a botched business trip to ...
- Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit - Gather.com
Gather.comFreelancing for Pleasure and ProfitGather.com, MA - 6 hours agoAre writing contests scams? Sadly, some writing contests are in fact scams. Don't ever enter anything sponsored by Poetry.com. They have scammed writers for ...
- More than 100 readers share their love for their fathers Dad: You da ... - Allentown Morning Call
The concept is simple enough. Even Dear Abby tells her readers every year that the best gift they can give their dads for Father's Day is to write them a letter and tell them how they feel about them -- before it's too late. Still, words don't always ...
- Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School Poetry Slam - Ottawa Start (press release)
Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School Poetry SlamOttawa Start (press release), Canada - 8 minutes agoShe says Poetry Slam features ACES students in grades 4, 5, and 6 presenting their works of poetry to the entire student body. Each poem is completely ...
- 'King Lear': Elkin takes on royal role to open Shakespeare in Delaware Park (The Buffalo News)
Few dramatic undertakings are as daunting, as difficult, or -- if done well -- as thrilling as Shakespeare's “King Lear.”
- Angelou's uplifting - Cincinnati Enquirer
Maya Angelou sat in a chair in the middle of the stage and began singing. "When it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow on the clouds," she sang in a deep, melodious voice. Then, she stopped, hummed for a second and ...
- 'Meet the Press' host Tim Russert dies at age 58 (CTV.ca)
NBC journalist Tim Russert has died at the age of 58 after collapsing at work following an apparent heart attack. Time Magazine had recently named him one of the most influential people in the world.
- IT’S CHIC TO BE A GEEK - LX News
IT’S CHIC TO BE A GEEKLX News, UK - 12 hours ago... love, do you come here often?’ Either that or being treated to the recital of some poetry – don’t even pretend that it wouldn’t get your pulse racing. ...
- TheStar.com | entertainment | The Office, Heroes, new 90210 star in ... - Toronto Star
Global Television's fall schedule contains few surprises: it's another season chock full of American shows that the private broadcaster hopes will be the hits of the season despite a Hollywood writers' strike that made it difficult to shop for U.S ...
- Cubs-Sox game: Looking for trouble - Chicago Tribune
Cubs-Sox game: Looking for troubleChicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoThe poetry was breathtaking. Back in the bleachers, I notice MLB-unsanctioned T-shirts with a funny or, more likely, unfunny saying. ...
- Letters to the Editor (Santa Monica Mirror)
As a long-running fan of your “Alert Police Blotter” column, I wonder if perhaps (given its recent contents) it should be renamed: “How Santa Monica Police victimize the local homeless.”
- Goose was one bad mother - but she helps kids read (Montreal Gazette)
In the age of This Little Piggy Went to Prada, it's easy to get misty-eyed over the diminishing appeal of traditional nursery rhymes. But when Mother Goose is fĂŞted nationally today for her contributions to literacy and storytelling, let's remember that despite the sentimental memories her name evokes, the icon of childhood poetry was one bad mother.
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