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- Whisking the wind away in San Bernardo (Telluride Daily Planet)
I’m not a fan of the flute. It’s fluttering shrill is like the wind on a gusty day, when it sneaks through the nooks and crannies of your house, making its presence known with a high-pitched howl.
- Poster poems: Listen to the music, write on - Guardian Blogs
There is, I suppose it goes almost without saying, a long and complex relationship between the twin arts of poetry and music. At its simplest, this relationship is expressed in the widespread belief that during some long-lost golden age, all poetry ...
- Waddie Mitchell writes cowboy poems old-fashioned way - Press-Enterprise
Waddie Mitchell writes cowboy poems old-fashioned wayPress-Enterprise, CA - 11 minutes ago"Mostly it was people telling stories, and every now and then someone would get up and recite some poetry." In many instances that person was Mitchell. ...
- Dazzled by derby: Super fans take their devotion to the rink of ... - Wisconsin State Journal
They claim to be "more rabid than Badgers or Packers fans" and they show their love any way they can: one makes teddy bears, one writes poetry and another is a prolific poster-maker. This subculture of dedicated super fans has grown up around Madison ...
- Free poetry reading slated for Wednesday - Daily Hampshire Gazette (subscription)
Free poetry reading slated for WednesdayDaily Hampshire Gazette (subscription), MA - 1 hour agoMartÃn Espada is the author of 10 collections of poetry, including "The Republic of Poetry," a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. ...
- Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 7-13 (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Who could forget "The Crocodile's Toothache"? The toothy reptile sobbing in the dentist's chair as the helpful doc asks, "Why does it hurt and where?"
- Fiesta of the arts - Kansas City Star
Fiesta of the artsKansas City Star, MO - 18 hours agoIn addition to live painting (murals and graffiti) she’s arranged for live music, free food (from Los Alamos), a poetry reading (from the Latino Writers ...
- Kay Ryan To Be Named Poet Laureate (The New York Sun)
Kay Ryan will be named the nation's next poet laureate today by the librarian of Congress, James Billington, the New York Times reported tonight. A Californian, Ms. Ryan, 62, is known for her short, playful poems, for which she has won the 2004 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2001 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and three Pushcart Prizes. Her work ...
- ASHANTI's New Album 'THE DECLARATION' Arrives in Stores (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----The fourth studio album by The Inc./Universal Motown superstar singer-songwriter ASHANTI, titled THE DECLARATION, reaches retail stores and digital online sellers on June 3rd, 2008.
- Poet Blunden's life revealed - Suffolk Free Press
Poet Blunden's life revealedSuffolk Free Press, UK - 47 minutes ago... a unique opportunity to get to know the man and his work from a family view. "Margi has also studied his poetry and co-edited a collection of his poems. ...
- Literary festival to promote cultural understanding - Khaleej Times
DUBAI - Over a hundred million people across the Arab world are unable to read and write, says the Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALESCO). Not much has been done yet to resolve this situation. But lately, the UAE has ...
- Hot in the city - Hemel Gazette
Hot in the cityHemel Gazette, UK - 34 minutes agoFor poetry fans Maggie Butt will preside over St Albans' Ver Poets Open Poetry Competition and read from her collection Lipstick, on Saturday, July 5. ...
- A close encounter with Bill Bailey (Stuff)
You've seen British comedian Bill Bailey, haven't you? He played deranged bookshop dogsbody, Manny Bianco, in splendid TV sitcom Black Books.
- De young people talkin' hard! - Barbados Advocate
De young people talkin' hard!Barbados Advocate, Barbados - 1 hour agoWell-known artistes have stepped out of their more established niches to grace a stage at Talk Hard to embrace one of the other passions, poetry. ...
- History fascinates Wilson - Batesville Herald Tribune
History fascinates WilsonBatesville Herald Tribune, IN - 2 hours agoThe home-schooled sophomore recently won an honorable mention in the 2008 Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Poetry Contest for writing “The ...
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