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- Sticking Around Lafayette, Indiana - Smithsonian
Sticking Around Lafayette, IndianaSmithsonianI thought I would never go back to Indiana, yet after years of nomadic life, I did return, a little over two decades ago, and I stayed. ...
- Riverside holds Poetry Out Loud contest - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Wilkes Barre Times-LeaderRiverside holds Poetry Out Loud contestWilkes Barre Times-LeaderRiverside High School recently held its annual Poetry Out Loud competition. Under the direction of Stephanie Monahan, seven high school students competed ...
- The Patience Stone, By Atiq Rahimi trans Polly McLean - Independent
The Patience Stone, By Atiq Rahimi trans Polly McLeanIndependentAtiq Rahimi's prose is spare and elegant and sporadically mutates into shards of evocative poetry. Polly McLean's lean translation does justice to the ...
- How words make sense of the world - Times Online
S ing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles Peleus’ son, the ruinous wrath that brought on the Achaians woes innumerable, and hurled down into Hades many strong souls of heroes — so said Homer (in Andrew Lang’s translation) nearly 3,000 years ago ...
- Fireside reading series in Bridgenorth - Peterborough Examiner
Fireside reading series in BridgenorthPeterborough ExaminerAs well as eight books of poetry, she has published three novels and was co-editor with Sarah Klassen and contributor toPoets in the Classroom,a collection ...
- Bo Burnham Review - Northwest Missourian
Bo Burnham ReviewNorthwest MissourianWhen brought back to his material, Burnham delivered haikus and poetry such as “If your friend is an Asian, never, never, ever, never…call him†and ...
- MooreSuccess Inc. has grown to offer turnkey scripts, software, and ... - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 15, 2010 – Chicago, IL January 15, 2010—In our tough times so many businesses are facing economic hardships but MooreSuccess Inc. has managed to overcome these obstacles and ascend to the occasion. Expanding out ...
- Harry Callahan exhibit explores intimacy - Tufts Daily
Harry Callahan exhibit explores intimacyTufts DailyCallahan is a master of visual poetry, and the MFA pulls together an outstanding collection of his explorations with the camera — from figure studies to ...
- 10 Emily Dickinson Audio Poems - Associated Content
This sad poem audio by Emily Dickinson captures the fleeting spirit of sadness. So little, so small is a sigh or a tear--and yet these have to power to kill. Listen to It's Such a Little Thing , by Emily Dickinson, and share it with friends and ...
- Annette John-Hall: 'Black,' like me | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/05/2010 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Annette John-Hall: 'Black,' like me | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/05/2010Philadelphia InquirerAfrican American is so cumbersome. February will be over by the time I finish saying, "Happy African American History Month." See, I, for one, ...and more »
- Hallmark Launches World’s First Twitter-only Romantic Verse ... - PRLog (free press release)
Hallmark Cards is giving the UK’s wannabe romantic poets, writers and song-smiths the chance to show off their talents through a new national creative writing contest, launching today. But there’s a unique twist – it needs to be done in just ...
- It Is A Raining February Night - Coleman Barks - Morgan County Citizen
It Is A Raining February Night - Coleman BarksMorgan County CitizenListening to Coleman Barks read his poetry recently at Georgia State University was the right antidote to hearing news broadcasters read excerpts of ...
- Street Legacy Sonia Sanchez on Haiku, Home Girls, Grenades - Trinity Tripod (subscription)
Street Legacy Sonia Sanchez on Haiku, Home Girls, GrenadesTrinity Tripod (subscription)Many of her poems were infused with sounds rarely heard from human beings. One poem entitled "Peace" was layered with piercing noises that rolled from the ...
- Earlham welcomes speakers - Palladium-Item
Earlham welcomes speakersPalladium-ItemBurnell give a free presentation on "Poems of Space -- Astronomy and Poetry" at 1 pm Wednesday in Goddard Auditorium in Carpenter Hall. ...and more »
- Heritage student wins poetry jam - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Heritage student wins poetry jamFort Wayne Journal GazetteKhadijah Walters, of Cornerstone Christian College Prep High School, took the second-place award of $75; and Cody Muncie, of Northrop High School, ...
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