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- A deluge of haiku in our political poetry contest (Oakland Tribune)
"Dirt, slime, mud and muck. National election time. Everybody duck." Hundreds of haiku pour in from politically-inspired poets and readers.
- Writer offered a young Barack Obama advice on life - FOX News
HONOLULU — At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his ...
- Family of Missing Persons Try to Cope (Eyewitness News Memphis)
Dozens of Mid-South families are on pins and needles - wondering if a body found in Frayser is their missing loved one. Investigators say it's an African-American woman whose body was badly decomposed. The body was found near Frayser High School.
- Former US poet laureate receives $100,000 prize (The Washington Times)
Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday.
- Get Shorty - Guardian Unlimited
Time for some poetry!' yells the diminutive figure on stage. He has finally got the crowd in this Amsterdam club bubbling ... and then he opts to kill the atmosphere stone-dead by cutting the music and mentioning poetry? But then, this is Lil Wayne ...
- Golden moment - GoErie.com
Golden momentGoErie.com, PA - 3 hours agoThat meant no poetry classes, no filler and no fluff. That suited 44-year-old Ed Forget, of East Springfield, just fine when he enrolled in an electronics ...
- Herbert Gold's memoir, Still Alive! is a lyrical joy (The Kansas City Star)
If America had the literary culture it ought to have, every city would have a writer like Herbert Gold.
- Intrepid Englishman leads kids to land of Ology - Foster's Daily Democrat
Intrepid Englishman leads kids to land of OlogyFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 2 hours agoHe studied English literature and philosophy at Bristol University, where he wrote poetry. He trained as an English teacher and spent five years living in ...
- Share this article: - Muncie Star Press
Share this article:Muncie Star Press, IN - 28 minutes agoHumpback Barn Poetry Group, 2-5 pm, Bracken Library, Ball State Campus, Muncie. Meet in room 301. Poets share and critique original work. ...
- At the library - Wicked Local Roslindale
At the libraryWicked Local Roslindale, MA - Aug 13, 2008Ongoing poetry workshop: Since 1996, local poet Mary E. Joyce Waite has been guiding other aspiring poets during their Monday meetings at the West Roxbury ...
- Celebrity shutterbug in town to unveil public art - Denver Post
Celebrity shutterbug in town to unveil public artDenver Post, CO - 15 hours ago... start the circus, sing in an opera — but nothing beats reading erotic female poetry aloud Thursday at the Denver Woman's Press Club. ...
- ARTSY EFFORTS COME . . . AND GO - Toronto Star
Here for a moment, then gone. That's the nature of urban artistic interventions; they are quirky – did I really see that? – and ephemeral as a cloud. Toronto has experienced a number of these random acts, which have appeared without explanation ...
- The art of eclecticism - Khaleej Times
Khaleej TimesThe art of eclecticismKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours agoWhere else could art, architecture, poetry and song find their home?†Ghada asks. “We wanted to create a gallery that feels like home, but a very timeless ...
- Last Poets preach against racism, hatred - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Last Poets preach against racism, hatredPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 4 hours agoThe works also deal with radical, some would say anti-American, statements about issues in the country. But pieces such as "This is Madness" and "Scared of ...
- Pop review: Dido, Safe Trip Home - Guardian Unlimited
It's five years since Life for Rent, Dido's nine-million selling follow-up to 2001's 12-million selling debut No Angel, so you might wonder what's been taking so long. The answer, judging by her third studio album Safe Trip Home, is that Dido has ...
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