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- Aspen gets poetic about poop (Vail Daily)
ASPEN, Colorado — The winners of Aspen’s first-ever Dog Poo Poetry Competition have been chosen. The contest of rhymes, limericks and haikus were inspired by the town’s No. 1 summer complaint — dog poop littering the parks, open space and city sidewalks.
- Poem still resonates after 50 years - Leader Times
Poem still resonates after 50 yearsLeader Times, PA - 36 minutes agoI had been writing poetry which I thought was pretty good. Until I opened Ferlinghetti's small black and white pocket-sized collection and read: It is hard ...
- E Jane Dickson: A generation that must control its expectations - Independent
E Jane Dickson: A generation that must control its expectationsIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoThere's nothing new in teenagers writing angst-ridden poetry; the sub-Plath phase is, for many, an essential part of growing up. There is something hugely ...
- A child in time - New Statesman
New StatesmanA child in timeNew Statesman, UK - 34 minutes agoThere, amid the corrosive boredom and the cockroaches, he met a young serviceman so obsessed by art and poetry that he had postcards of TS Eliot on his bunk ...
- Kiwi's affair with death row killer - New Zealand Herald
Kiwi's affair with death row killerNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour agoAbout a year ago they "fell for each other", reading poetry and weekly letters _ "keeping New Zealand Post in business", she joked. ...
- Around the block - Augusta Chronicle (subscription)
Around the blockAugusta Chronicle (subscription), GA - 2 hours agoIn celebration of National Poetry Month, local poet and author Mike Lythgoe will read poetry by National Poet Laureates Charles Simic and Ted Kooser at 3 pm ...
- Renowned poet/activist says she's accomplished a lot, but there's ... - Toronto Star
Two months after her 80th birthday, grace is foremost in Maya Angelou's mind. "How blessed I am and how blessed I've been," she says, on the phone from her home in North Carolina. The celebrations have been magnificent for this woman, revered for her ...
- 'Welcome Home Project' honors returning vets - Ashland Daily Tidings
About 30 American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will celebrate Memorial Day a little differently this year. Through The Welcome Home Project, the veterans and their families will attend a five-day retreat starting May 22 at Buckhorn ...
- Irving’s new Lively Pointe Youth Center offers programs for teens - Pegasus News
Irving’s new Lively Pointe Youth Center offers programs for teensPegasus News, TX - 5 minutes agoSuch programs include creative writing and poetry, jewelry, beads, T-shirt design, geocaching, scrapbooking, Guitar Hero, intramural basketball leagues, ...
- Tim Russert set a Christian example - La Crosse Tribune
The recent passing of news icon Tim Russert at age 58 is a reminder that each day is a gift and that any day might be our last in this life. A few months ago, I attended the funeral of a former business partner and friend who died at 46. These men ...
- California Poetry - Malibu Arts Journal
California PoetryMalibu Arts Journal, CA - 1 hour agoWith California the main epicenter of the beatnik impact, “California Poetry: From The Gold Rush to the Present†is an excellent poetry anthology inclusive ...
- Attention should be paid - Vacaville Reporter
Regarding the Associated Press article titled "Tragedy brings wrong attention to horse racing" (The Reporter, May 5): One need only read Sally Jenkins' Washington Post commentary ("Expectations are breeding trouble in modern horses") to see why there ...
- Lesbos Residents Take Group to Court Over Use of "Lesbian" - Advocate
A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between gay women and the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos. Three islanders from Lesbos -- home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women -- have taken a gay rights group to ...
- Lanesborough News: Time Praises Local Woman's Blog - iBerkshires.com
iBerkshires.comLanesborough News: Time Praises Local Woman's BlogiBerkshires.com, MA - 2 hours agoHer major interest is poetry and she has written three chapbooks of poetry. She is founder and former executive director of Inkberry and has written for ...
- Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib Takes Fundraising Drive To Calgary - South Asian Link
Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib Takes Fundraising Drive To CalgarySouth Asian Link, Canada - 8 hours agoThe Trust also runs an orphanage, a senior citizens home, a 200-bed free hospital, drug de-addiction centers, a home for widows and destitute women, ...
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