Poetry News

G ummadi Gopalakrishna is a popular name to reckon with in verse theatre today for different reasons.

St. Louis -- Dozens of grade school students were on a high school stage Tuesday, testing the boundaries of poetry.

A pop duo will be guests of honour at an awards presentation on Tuesday . The Cheeky Girls are leading the entertainment in recognition of World AIDS Day at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill from 7.30pm. The award ceremony is for the winners and runners up of a recent Poetry and Short Story Competition called "What HI V Means to Me", organised by ...

When Lois Rooney of Prairie Village learned she had lung cancer, she was very scared of the disease.

Priscilla McGee said her life took a sharp turn in the right direction 11 years ago.

Singer Alicia Keys has won over fans with her music but now the Grammy-winning R&B star is hoping to uplift them by launching her own jewelry collection inscribed with inspirational messages.

David Seaborg said his birthday is meaningful in a couple of ways, beginning with the story told to him about the day he was born.

Leave your exposition at the door. Enter instead with a naked statement. http://images.morris.com/images/athens/mdControlled/cms/2009/11/23/528160112.jpg David Manning Aralee Strange will host an open poetry reading Dec.

I've been in Wilmington since 1981, and except for a stint studying at St. Andrews College , and earning my MFA in creative writing/poetry at Bowling Green State University , I've been here continously since.

Associated Press Writer= When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend.

A student from New Jersey who leads weekly poetry classes at a maximum-security prison is among 32 Americans selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.

Staff photo by Rob Swystun -- Carro Haight, left, and Richard Spenst, centre, provide the beat while Kody Haight raps a poem that he and Carro wrote during Rappin' Poets at Portage la Prairie Regional Library Friday.

Heritage Key Short article about love and sex in Amarna poetry as presented by Vincent Tobin at the recent Toronto conference.

Approximately 85 people gathered on Lanier County property Sunday night to hear words of poetry.

BOOK REVIEW / Poetry lovers tricked by a drowned manuscript: Samarkand - Amin Maalouf, Tr.

Topekan Peg Penry has just published her fifth book of poetry, this one a collection of religious verse she has written through the years.

A DYSLEXIC youngster has won first prize in a national poetry competition. Brigid Davidson, from Chipping Norton, won first place in the Charley Boorman Poetry Competition, organised by Dyslexia Action as part of Dyslexia Awareness Week.

Next week, the 12-time Grammy Award-winning songstress will introduce a jewelry collection called The Barber's Daughters.

Steven Berkoff is best known for his work in the theatre as a writer, director and performer.

Big Sur poet and artist Carolyn Mary Kleefeld can often be found on the cliffs of Big Sur reading poetry to a resident condor.