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1 hr ago | Associated Content

Poetry Writing and Sentimentality

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.

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9 hrs ago | Berrows Journal

COMMENT: Poetry pays tribute to our fallen troops

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.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

BBC

Kalashnikov 'wanted to be poet'

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

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Related Topix: Arts, Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev, Science / Technology, Space

NY Daily News

RiRi honored with Woman of the Year award

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

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American Reporter

My HorizonsPOETRY NIGHT

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.

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Related Topix: Arts, Michelle Obama

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Andrew Motion rubbishes plagiarism charge

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.

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Courtenay Comox Valley Record

Third book of poetry out

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

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The Mobile Register Online

Poetry does something: Homeless in Mobile craft verse for fundraising book

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

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Related Topix: Arts, Mobile Metro, Mobile, AL, University of South Alabama

This is Oxfordshire

New call for city Laureate

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

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Times Online

So what if I copied work says Sir Andrew Motion, Shakespeare did all the time

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.

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Related Topix: Arts, Life, Veteran Affairs

Telegram & Gazette

Poetry at Jumpina Juice and Java

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.

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Universal Hub

The Green Line as poetry in motion

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

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WikiHow

How to Appreciate Confessional 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.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

MELODIKA.net

Editorial Ultramar Launches Miami Hispanic Poetry Collection

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.

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Rocket Kids

The Poetry Show

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

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Related Topix: Arts, Fort Collins, CO, Fort Collins Metro

Fri Nov 06, 2009

People's Daily

Diyala poetry festival shows signs of peace in Iraq

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.

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Related Topix: Arts, Iraq, World News, Middle East

FoxNews.com

Fort Hood Victims Had Different Reasons for Enlisting

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.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Fort Stewart, Arts, Sundance Film Festival

The Huffington Post

Carol Muske-Dukes: Confronting Words: Poetry Reviews

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

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Gulf Times

More than an evening of poetry

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.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Desicritics

Poetry: Mdantsane Nights - Poems of Mdantsane

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.

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