Poetry News

Who would be crazy enough to pick the last weekend in unofficial summer to come to the most toured town in our area to see the very popular, recently reconstructed visitor center? Yep, that's me.

It is impossible to imagine any American who doesn't remember exactly where he or she was on Sept.

'Those who retain illusions about Castro's Cuba should read his essays' OUTSIDE IN: SELECTED PROSE by Alastair Reid Polygon, 315pp, 14.99 INSIDE OUT: SELECTED POETRY AND TRANSLATIONS by Alastair Reid Polygon, ...

"Today I am going to kill something," says the unnamed protagonist of Carol Ann Duffy's poem Education for Leisure.

Canessa Park Book Party for EtherDome and Woodland Editions celebrating 2008 chapbook editions! Sunday August 31 at 3:00 Canessa Gallery 708 Montgomery Street San Francisco 1) Renata Ewing reads from her new ...

Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday turned to poetry to take a dig at Left parties, the UPA government's erstwhile supporters, for their opposition to Indo-US nuclear deal.

Bangalore, Sep 5 : Better known for his arguments in law courts and defence of Congress policies, lawyer and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal says poetry helps him express his thoughts.

When she read this poem in her new edition of The Threepenny Review , Rebel Girl laughed out loud.

As autumn arrives in Amherst, Massachusetts, so do the crisp crunching of leaves underfoot and the droves of students returning to the area's Five Colleges .

Walking through the city's river valley is about to get more poetic. Forty poems mounted on 40 light poles will be unveiled on Friday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, located south ...

Today's Poetry Article is by guest blogger James Garner . Movie goers everywhere are aware of the impact that music can have on the emotions.

The Hole in the Wall Theater is hosting a quartet of female artists who will take to the stage to explore creative expression.

Raine Maida is a poet at heart. Where that poetry fits into his music has finally come into focus.

Sites to See: Poetry http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites014.shtml From the site: "Sites to See: Poetry Teachers use poetry to teach literature, to enrich students' vocabulary and spark their ...

How time flies or for the Internet Poets' Cooperative Open Readings and Featured Poets series time glides or endlessly meanders.

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.

An "open microphone" poetry reading is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 10 at Cutters Point Coffee in Covington.

In the musty, overheated Academy of American Poetry, Billy Collins is the wiseguy in the back row, throwing spitballs and cracking up his friends.

TO PUT IT bluntly, Black Ink and Bass sounds like an art-school prank. No, wait - make that a satire of an art-school prank.

Saturday, August 30, 2008 Saadia Khalid Islamabad The youth of the country should take inspiration from the poetry of Habib Jalib, Ahmed Faraz and Faiz Ahmed Faiz in order to develop leadership qualities in ...