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Results 1 - 20 of 18,247 in Poetry

  1. Poet laureate to visit Wichita FallsRead the original story

    36 min ago | Times Record News

    ... adult probationers that his day job - ' which he retired from about a decade ago - ' has mingled with his passion for poetry. "In my case, I rarely wrote about anything stemming from my experience as an adult probation officer," said Thomas, Texas' ...

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    Related Topix: West, TX, Seymour, TX, Wichita Falls Metro, Wichita Falls, TX, Houston, TX, Arts

  2. Gardner Campbell on "Computing as Poetry"Read the original story

    Apr 11, 2008 | EdTechPost

    ... from a Graduate degree in Critical and Cultural Theory, and helped me remember why I chose to do what I do. Using poetry as a way to understand computing actually goes past my original understanding of computers as "symbolic shifting devices." As I ...

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  3. More EditorialsRead the original story

    55 min ago | UnionLeader.com

    ... compromise constitutional amendment crafted last week -- and up for a vote in the House tomorrow -- fixes only one. Poetry Though at the time it may not occur to us to call it "mentoring," there's likely to be a good deal of that sort of thing going ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

  4. Quantum goes to contemporary comedyRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    ... 29-Feb. 22) at a location yet to be chosen. Melanie Dreyer will direct the drama, which blends folk tale, music and poetry in a modern story of a wronged woman who uses natural forces of the earth to fight a man-made fate. When Dreyer suggested ...

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  5. I'm fictionRead the original story

    1 hr ago | San Diego CityBEAT

    ... Fellowship at Stanford University and, in April, released his debut novel on Harcourt, Lady Lazarus. "It's about poetry, punk rock and suicide," Altschul says. "It follows the life and career of Calliope Bird Morath, a young poet who is the daughter ...

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    Related Topix: Coronado, CA, Arts, San Diego Metro, San Diego, CA

  6. Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees. Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | NPR

    ... knows how to say versus anymore? They say 'verse.' It's the Yankees verse the Red Sox. No, no, it's not! It's not poetry; it's competition." The Sports Curmudgeon, a consummate man of letters, is also presenting the Gertrude Award, named for the ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez, Baseball Players

  7. PU wins distinction in PIEAS FestivalRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The News

    ... the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad. The event included competitions of mushaira (poetry recitation), bilingual declamation, essay writing, skits, mime, painting, sketch, photography (colour and black and white), ...

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  8. Kitchen Next Door: Nina Romano of Lighthouse Point and her Caponata recipeRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    For Lighthouse Point resident Nina Romano, food is poetry. When this second-generation Italian wrote her first book of poetry, each poem drew on her memories of cooking with her mother and grandmother and of ...

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    Related Topix: Lighthouse Point, FL, Arts, Palermo, Italy, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Recipes, Life, Food, English Cuisine, Recipes

  9. Guam youth speak out on military buildupRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Marianas Variety

    ... strategic role. It also includes the impact the buildup would have on the culture and its economy. Poets from Poetry Slam were present as well and artwork displays. Following the presentation, a question was asked on what can be done to help stop ...

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  10. The Journey to Healing Begins Here -- New Religious Poetry Book Emphasizes the Healing of the SpiritRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | PrimeNewswire

    ... Ashes has come into being after years of a soul-searching journey healing from childhood abuse. The vivid imagery of poetry, using seasonal changes to illustrate the cyclical process of healing, especially when the process allows the Spirit to work ...

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  11. Take a Trip Back to Simplicity With Pop Goes the Poetry -- New Book...Read the original story

    4 hrs ago | PrimeNewswire

    ... ages ago. Back then, simplicity was very common in everyone's minds and expressions. In his new book Pop Goes The Poetry, author Ralph Watley takes his readers back to the past with a series of poems that will entertain and refresh everyone's minds. ...

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  12. Notes "On a Note": Milton Allen Kaplan's Radio and PoetryRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Broadcastellan

    ... of programs would necessitate an intricate library system in order to permit a student to find such categories as poetry, music, historical drama, documentaries, readings, adaptations, and discussions." Thus remarked Milton Allen Kaplan in his 1949 ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Entertainment, Drama, Television

  13. Thou shalt not eat in the living roomRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Los Angeles Times

    ... between high and low, but integrates the two as equally real and equally worthy of consideration. The title 'The New Poetry,' for example, could be ripped from the hand-cut pages of any one of several dozen little magazines. New poets In ...

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  14. About Town:Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | Daily Times

    ... Kaif Ghaznavi 11:00 am - 4:00 pm: Second Cup! Your second cup of coffee is on the house 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Open Mic Poetry Emad S. Rahim, a graduate of Northwestern University, has composed "Al-Kahaf: The Cave", a book written in narrative verse, ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Karachi, Pakistan, Pakistan, Sind, Pakistan

  15. Adding wings to similesRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | The Hindu

    Pavan K. Varma on his recent English translation of Gulzar's poetry Decoding Gulzar Pavan K. Varma His range varies from the contemporary to the medieval to the mythological.

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  16. ExploreLI: Independent bookstoresRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Newsday.com

    Long Island's rich literary history is indisputable. Walt Whitman, who penned the famous poetry collection 'Leaves of Grass,' was born in Huntington.

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    Related Topix: Vocal, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pop/Rock, Arts, The Grapes of Wrath, Entertainment

  17. A Midsummer Night's Dream: freewheeling fun in the magic forestRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Telegraph.co.uk

    ... and the farce is fantastic rather than vulgar. This is a richly imaginative staging, full of hallucinogenic poetry and freewheeling fun, complemented by Stuart Stratford's warm and nicely paced conducting. As Oberon and Tytania, James Laing and Jeni ...

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  18. Poetry CrossroadsRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Carter's Little Pill

    I've started a forum just for poetry news and discussion. It will allow poets and editors to announce their projects or publications, call for submissions, and talk about poetry: Poetry Crossroads It is not a ...

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  19. Google Trends and the ghost of T.S. EliotRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Los Angeles Times

    ... knows who you are. So imagine my surprise when something as bookish, stuffy and uncool as a line from Modernist poetry popped up on Hot Trends in one concentrated burst. It was more than surprise, actually - 'it was bafflement: what could explain a ...

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  20. McGavock student brings philosophy beyond his yearsRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | The Tennessean

    ... teacher Bob Stackhouse. Richard consumes literature and is a poet himself, even to the point of attending weekly poetry readings at Centennial Park. His 3.95 grade-point average included an 'insane amount of English credits,'' and conversation ...

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