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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?
- Tango: soul and soundtrack of Buenos Aires - Daily Telegraph
Paradise is a dimly lit dance hall in San Telmo, Buenos Aires' oldest barrio. In front of me is a bottle of rough, deep red Malbec that cost about five pesos (less than a pound) and, drunk on romance and melancholy, I'm lost in a tango blur. Beyond ...
- Unattended packages - guardian.co.uk
Unattended packagesguardian.co.uk, UK - 34 minutes agoAfter the Brighton bombing failed to kill Margaret Thatcher, the IRA issued a statement that, in the way of Irish terrorism, combined poetry with ...
- School News & Notes - Falls Church News Press
School News & NotesFalls Church News Press, VA - 2 hours agoStudents can express themselves in words, artwork, poetry, or song, and each grade level has its own national winner. The top four high school students ...
- South Florida's Finesse Mitchell more than just jokes - MiamiHerald.com
South Florida's Finesse Mitchell more than just jokesMiamiHerald.com, FL - 2 hours agoHis coffee table is covered with books, including the late Tupac Shakur's poetry collection, The Rose that Grew from Concrete and Barack Obama's Dreams of ...
- Letters to the Editor (The Martha's Vineyard Times)
Wendy's service was beautiful. This Island is an amazing place. Not just for the scenic views or the beaches, not for the lighthouses and quaint villages. It is amazing because of the sense of community.
- Raiders' Kelly on mend, staying mum - Contra Costa Times
Raiders' Kelly on mend, staying mumContra Costa Times, CA - 1 hour agoSo much for Kelly inviting the media over for tea and a poetry reading. That's OK. He wasn't rehired to serve as the face and voice of the franchise. ...
- Art exhibits - Standard Speaker
Art exhibitsStandard Speaker, PA - 18 hours ago31 – “Transitions IV: A Collection of Fiber Art and Poetry,†featuring artwork and poetry made by women participating in The Program for Women and Families ...
- Timeless appeal - Screen India
Frankly, it does not. Whenever I listen to a script, I try and understand its wave-length. Every decent film has a specific texture and sur. I gauge the intellectual level and sensibility of the characters. This is done at a conscious level in part ...
- VIDEO: Seeds of learning planted at needy schools - MPNnow.com
VIDEO: Seeds of learning planted at needy schoolsMPNnow.com, NY - 50 minutes ago... can spur the child to learn. “Some kids get real excited about doing writing assignments,†she said. “I’ve had students write poetry and bring it in, ...
- Philadelphia holds a ‘weekend of peace,’ march tonight (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Five years ago, a small group of friends decided they had to stand against violence in their Philadelphia communities.
- A portrait of the author (The Buffalo News)
Nine family portraits that belonged to James Joyce, including two of the literary giant himself, have been restored by Buffalo State College art conservators and will be showcased for the first time during the 2009 North American James Joyce Conference in Buffalo.
- Packed week to toast Hardy - This is Dorset
THE Thomas Hardy conference is hosting a week of activities including live music, poetry and a rare auction of paintings and memorabilia. The conference runs from this Saturday until Saturday August 2 and poet Bernard O'Donoghue will opening the ...
- The Right Rev Hassan Dehqani-Tafti: Exiled Anglican Bishop in Iran (Independent)
Hassan Dehqani-Tafti was Bishop in Iran from 1961, in exile from 1979 until 1985. His life, it is fair to say, was an epic Anglican Christian story. His 1959 autobiography (published in both Persian and English) borrowed its title from the central Maidan (the great royal square) in the city of Isfahan; Naqsh-i-jahan. Like the square, his life was a unity with four sides or dimensions.
- Tragic poetic lament for lost tortoise - audio - Chichester Observer
A BELOVED lost tortoise has inspired her distraught owner to write poetry pleading for her return. Washington woman Trisha Cook has turned to verse as her solace after losing life-long reptilian friend Henrietta - who lived with her for 33 years ...
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