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- David Biespiel's poetry column addresses variations in Philip Whalen's 'Zenshinji' (The Oregonian)
L ast month I was visiting a cousin who showed off his framed broadside of the poem "Zenshinji" by his late friend, poet Philip Whalen. Whalen was born in 1923 in Oregon and grew up in The Dalles (he and my cousin attended Reed College during the Gary Snyder and Lew Welch era of the late 1940s).
- "MVP" scrapes bottom of hockey's barrel of misogyny (Denver Post)
The New York TimesWithin the first few minutes of "MVP," a new drama — and I use that term as one might call "Big Momma's House" a film — a young woman barely out of her teens is straddling a guy upstairs during a party at her parents' Disney World castle of a house, and making royal demands: "You work for me now. Take your pants off."
- That Which "Bugs" a Bush Nazi - Boston IMC
Could it be something I wrote? Bob Packer's Gonna "Fix Your Face"!....if you mess with this Gad damn article! He's gonna make your mother wish she never had you! 7/1 Was Hitler the King of the South? Hitler has a pill for what ails you! Hitlerites ...
- Trans-world 'Midsummer' from India with love and laughs (Contra Costa Times)
Re-imagined "Midsummer Night's Dream" brings Indian sensibility and skills to this classic British play
- Dance: It's poetry in motion - Tonight
Dance: It's poetry in motionTonight, South Africa - 9 minutes agoI like to write the first draft of every poem by hand, and preferably late at night. I am very particular in only ever using a fountain pen and black ink. ...
- Sound of Africa benefit concert raises funds for HIV/AIDS victims - Arkansas Traveler (subscription)
Sound of Africa benefit concert raises funds for HIV/AIDS victimsArkansas Traveler (subscription), AR - 1 hour agoActivities at the banquet will include African dance from various countries, drumming, an African fashion showcase, poetry and many other activities, ...
- Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
If these confessional words in this posting http://www.campaignforlibertycom/blog/?p=115 are really the respected Congressman Ron Paul's "I have, for the past 35 years, expressed my grave concern for the future of America."
- Online Jihadists: Give Us Lightning Guns! - Wired
Lightning guns have been reamed as one of Pentagon's silliest wastes of taxpayer money since the Iraq war began. Defense Department insiders blasted the things as " Rube Goldberg " contraptions that were " bullshit ," "C+ effort[s]," at best ...
- Merz gets introspective in her first poetry collection - Rankin Ledger
Merz gets introspective in her first poetry collectionRankin Ledger, MS - 5 hours agoThe Words I Speak takes us into some of the highs and lows of her life, and lets the way she handled the situations be an example for all of us. ...
- CampusNews Eastern Shore - Press-Register - al.com
CampusNews Eastern ShorePress-Register - al.com, AL - 12 hours agoTopics for the younger grades include Around the World in 5 Days; Poetry Café; What's the Word? Reflections of Me; Beginning Research; and Como Esta? ...
- Fire Damages Waterloo Show World (R News)
Fire damaged a Waterloo business this weekend. It happened Saturday evening at Show World on Nine Foot Road. The fire caused between $30,000 and $40,000 worth of damage to the building.
- Bloomsday ramble (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
At several spots throughout the city yesterday people gathered to re-joyce and celebrate Bloomsday. The annual event follows in the footsteps of the lead character in James Joyce's "Ulysses," re-enacting Leopold Bloom's journey through Dublin on June 16, 1904. The entire novel takes place on that one day.
- Event honors kids' art skills - Joliet Herald News
Event honors kids' art skillsJoliet Herald News, IL - 42 minutes agoBy Jason Freeman SPECIAL TO THE HERALD NEWS FRANKFORT -- It can be a few lines of poetry scribbled on a restaurant placemat, or it could be a couple of ...
- Religion Calendar: 06/21/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Religion Calendar: 06/21/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 2 hours agoFriendship Program, 7 pm Tues., to help developmentally disabled adults understand Christian faith, Fellowship Church, 2555 Garfield Road, TC; ...
- Mary Oliver’s ‘work is loving the world’ (The Block Island Times)
Reluctant to sit for interviews, Mary Oliver prefers to be known through her work, which in the end best defines her as an individual as well as a poet. Choosing to deflect interest in herself as a personality, the writer seems happy simply to dissolve into her poetry.
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