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- Kevin Goldstein-Jackson: Ode to optimism (Financial Times)
As well as writing this column, I am trying to meet the deadline for delivery of haiku for a small poetry magazine, but: the sky hangs down/ a curtain of dark warning – thunder crash ripples.
- Renaissance dreams and discontent - Thought Leader
Renaissance dreams and discontentThought Leader, South Africa - 1 hour ago“History teaches us not to hope on this side of the grave” are the words written in the poetry of Seamus Heaney. With this lesson I am in wholehearted ...
- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1,000 national poetry prizes - Canada East
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes. The winners of the 2008 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards were announced over the weekend at a festival and conference held ...
- A swing South - Daily Gazette
I lived in Birmingham, Ala., right out of college, working at an afternoon newspaper, the Birmingham Post-Herald, which closed down in 2005. I wasn't there at the end, having started my job at the Gazette in late 2001, but I was both sad and angry ...
- Griffey, 1 homer shy of 600, sits out 2nd straight (The Washington Times)
Ken Griffey Jr., one homer shy of 600, is not expected to start for the Cincinnati Reds for the second consecutive day.
- Who will Couture Queen of Fall Galas? - New York Sun
It looks like soprano Renee Fleming will have a running start to rule the fashion pages next gala season. For the first time in the Metropolitan Opera's history, Karl Lagerfield, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix will design costumes for Ms ...
- Students navigate young adulthood's emotions - Daily Times
Many children find their transition into young adulthood to be a confusing time where they are constantly learning how to better articulate their newer and more fully developed emotions. The Greenback School's second annual creative writing contest ...
- Poetry in motion, literally - Metro Boston
Poetry in motion, literallyMetro Boston, MA - 2 hours agoThe damage to the country’s reputation on the international scene is pretty huge ... it makes one wonder how long the US can call itself “home of the free,” ...
- Search to divine authorship leads 'Footprints' to court - Honolulu Advertiser
The single set of footprints in the sand — as millions of inspired souls now know — was that time when the Lord picked you up and carried you. It's a metaphor, people: He is there when you need Him most, and so is the ubiquitous poem known as ...
- Robert F. Kennedy's Contested Legacy - Huffington Post
Robert F. Kennedy's Contested LegacyHuffington Post, NY - 1 hour ago"It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public ...
- The ones he left behind - Columbus Dispatch
A few days after Melvin Ruffin's death, family and friends gathered to listen to his last cell-phone message. From left, Asti Harris hugs Melvin's mother, LaDawnya Ruffin; Mercedez McMorris reaches for the phone; and Jatice Ruffin, Bianca Ruffin and ...
- Chisholm Trail Days is Saturday (Wise County Messenger)
Decatur's Chisholm Trail Days is 2-10 p.m. Saturday, June 21, in downtown Decatur.
- Weekly events calendar - Daily Gleaner
Weekly events calendarDaily Gleaner, Canada - 4 hours agoThis year's event, July 6 -12, offers a series of one-day workshops on such topics as fiction, travel-writing, poetry, documentary screen writing, ...
- Religion calendar - Asheville Citizen-Times
Religion calendarAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 4 minutes agoPOETRY READING: 7 pm May 3 at The Cathedral of All Souls, Biltmore Village, Asheville. By poet Mark Jarman, the author of numerous collections of poetry, ...
- Autopsy is planned on woman found dead in home (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
BELLEVILLE — The St. Louis Major Case Squad is investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman who was found dead Saturday night inside her apartment in Belleville.
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