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In literature, artistic merit is distinguished between "sentiment" and "sentimentality." The word "sentiment" refers to the emotional import of a passage as distinguished by chosen words.

AT 11am on November 11, 1919, the nation joined together at the request of King George the Fifth in a two-minute silence to remember the fallen of the Great War that had ended a year before.

The inventor of arguably the world's most infamous machine-gun wanted to be a poet in his youth, he has revealed.

Rihanna, one of Glamour's Women of the Year honorees, graces the magazine's December cover.

The sublime intelligence of Japanese life is traditionally encapsulated in the highly compressed poetry called the haiku , one that doesn't allow for words that are not filled with meaning.

Military historian claiming that 'found' poem published in the Guardian makes unfair use of his work has 'got the wrong end of the stick', says former poet laureate 'I was absolutely clear about what was involved in the process' ... Andrew Motion.

Libros Libertad Publishing in Surrey announces the publication of longtime Courtenay resident Ilya Tourtidis' third book of poetry, The Path of Descent and Devotion.

Sue Walker, Poet Laureate of Alabama, gives instructions on writing Wednesday, Oct.

THE hunt is on for someone with a passion for verse to potentially become Oxford's first Poet Laureate.

Sir Andrew Motion has been accused of "shameless burglary" by a military historian whose research he lifted and put into a poem about shell-shock for Remembrance Sunday.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 From Tom Waits to zombies Add a comment Los Angeles poet Rob Sturma pulls a lot from music: His rhythms sometimes pulled from hip-hop, his lyrics sometimes sporting transparent influences from the likes of Tom Waits.

Michael Sesling has been writing about his daily commute on the C line - in poetry.

Confessional poetry gives you a very personal peek into the writer's life, and sometimes such details are unflattering to the writer and/or uncomfortable for the reader.

Editorial Ultramar, the Miami-based publishing division of the non-profit Hispanic Events, Inc., will launch "La Ciudad de la Unidad Posible, Seleccion Poetica de Miami" , a book featuring more than 100 Spanish-language poems by 32 Hispanic writers.

Last month I listened with special attention to Dona Stein's excellent "The Poetry Show" on KFRC-FM in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Basim al-Dafaie, an Iraqi poet, was optimistic when he saw the restoration of art and poetry festival in his province of Diyala after four years of turbulence and violence.

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Usama bin Laden after the Sept.

The three books reviewed here are by women writers who confront the world in uncompromised fashion.

The programme may have been entitled "A Poetry Evening", but the performances staged by the students of Doha College on Wednesday proved to be a cabaret-style mix of songs, music and dance as well as plenty of poetry.

Poem and Drawing by Amitabh Mitra An orthopaedic surgeon in a busy hospital in East London, South Africa, I actually belong to Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, its long summers and hectic politics.