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- Sorted for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- ANDREA GIBSON / A POEM FOR OUR TIME OF NATIONAL APATHY - OpEdNews
ANDREA GIBSON / A POEM FOR OUR TIME OF NATIONAL APATHYOpEdNews, PA - 1 hour agoby Allen L Roland Andrea Gibson is a poet/activist, and winner of the first ever Women of the World Poetry Slam (2008). She recited her short but powerful ...
- Teen triumphs after rough start (San Jose Mercury News)
Teruko Dobashi started selling heroin in her tough San Francisco neighborhood of Hunters Point in her early teens.
- Fertile lines (Guardian Unlimited)
Gerrie Fellows turns her gaze inward in her latest collection, charting her painful, precarious, exhausting struggle to conceive a child by IVF. Her poems enact this mesh of science and feeling, the lines threaded through with medical terminology which she balances and buttresses with metaphor and images of fertility - flowers, seasons, the moon - from the natural world.
- 'Sleeping It Off in Rapid City' by August Kleinzahler - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
'Sleeping It Off in Rapid City' by August KleinzahlerPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 2 hours agoKleinzahler's poems typically have the feeling of having spent many hours in dark taverns, ears cocked toward the thick, slow voices and the blarney of ...
- Calvert Marine Museum Selected as Host Site for the 2008 National Dog ...
Forbes - This concert will feature the music of multiple popular emerging bands such as "Stop Motion Poetry," the headlining band of ... to help galvanize the public to recognize the number of dogs that need to be rescued each year, and acknowledges family dogs ...
- For the Pineys, a Night of 'Funky Elegance' - pilot.com
Downtown Southern Pines took on a colorful Oscar-night quality Thursday night as folks dressed in "funky elegant" attire gathered at the Sunrise Theater for the inaugural Piney Awards. The Pineys, given by PineStaw magazine to recognize excellence in ...
- Gordon Brown picks odd ode by James Stockinger as his favourite poem (Times Online)
He could have chosen verses by Milton, Shelley or even Robert Burns. Instead, Gordon Brown has named as his favourite poem a chunk of sociology by an obscure American lecturer.
- It's poetry all the way for 'Shaurya' (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Film: 'Shaurya'; Music Director: Adnan Sami; Singers: Adnan Sami, Sunidhi Chauhan, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Shah Rukh Khan, Kunal Ganjawala; Rating: **
- Poetry reading scheduled at FSC in April (Sentinel & Enterprise)
FITCHBURG -- Writer and adjunct faculty member Suzanne Owens will present a poetry reading at Fitchburg State College next month.
- Dan Chiasson on 'The Best American Erotic Poems' (International Herald Tribune)
Dan Chiasson is a poet and literary critic. He teaches at Wellesley College.
- ArtBeat touts 30-plus events for spring debut
Greensboro News & Record - GREENSBORO — The schedule and star power have blossomed for ArtBeat Greensboro, a new annual celebration of the city's arts scene that debuts this spring. Organizations across the city have planned their own musical, theatrical, dance, film, poetry ...
- Pittsfield slam poets to perform (Berkshire Eagle)
Wednesday, April 30 PITTSFIELD — It's performance poetry that packs a punch.
- Area attractions offer plenty of spring break fun - The Huntsville Times - al.com
Area attractions offer plenty of spring break funThe Huntsville Times - al.com, AL - 5 hours agoDuring the week, students have the opportunity to enjoy Shel Silverstein's poetry while experiencing nature, art, science, history and fun. ...
- LitFest to look into legends
Red Bluff Daily News - Students have submitted writing and illustrations in six categories for the awards: narrative, expository, journalism, poetry ... More information is available from Lasley at 528-7364 or online at www.litfest.net.
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