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Local poet Clint Smith performs on spoken-word series 'Verses & Flow'
Washington Post (blog)
Now an English teacher at Parkdale High School, Smith is the 2012 Graffiti DC Grand Slam champion and was a member of the Beltway Poetry Slam team. He is the only poet from the area to be featured on "Verses & Flow." His performance will air Sept.
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News and Verse: Our Weekly Poetry Pairings
New York Times (blog)
The poet Marilyn Taylor served as the Wisconsin poet laureate from 2009 to 2010 and as the poet laureate of Milwaukee from 2004 to 2005. She has taught poetry workshops across Wisconsin in addition to teaching English at the University of Wisconsin, ...
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New York Times (blog)
Pak gives Indian journo poetry book but denies visa
Firstpost
Signing a new visa regime is one of the objectives of External Affairs Minister SM Krishna three-day visit to Pakistan starting tomorrow (8 September). But on the eve of the trip, in which Krishna will be accompanied by a plane-load of journalists ...
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Firstpost
O, Bezos! Found Poetry From the Big Amazon Kindle Reveal
The Atlantic
This afternoon, in a former airplane hangar in Santa Monica, California, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed updates to the company's Kindle lineup, including an updated model of the Kindle Fire. Bezos, in the process, revealed something else, as well: the ...
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The Atlantic
The Sensitives: Poetry As Hollow As It Can BePoetry As Hollow As It Can Be ...
Punknews.org
The Sensitives are a young Swedish three-piece favoring a kind of rabble-rousing approach to pop-punk, with songs blessed with harmonies and melody from the get go. There is also quite a '50s sound to the music and that explains the sense of rock 'n ...
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Punknews.org
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering tickets on sale soon
Red Bluff Daily News
The event features performances of poetry and music from the cowboy and ranching occupation, but also presents exhibitions, films, workshops, dances and discussions — all centered on land-based culture in the American West, its traditional arts and ...
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The Poetry of America's Best and the Brightest
The Nation.
Bunker Hill Community College in Boston, where I teach College Writing I, has more than 13,000 students, including almost 500 veterans. The average student age is 27. More than half are women, and 77 percent are people of color. Forty-four percent ...
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Poets to read at Callanwolde
CrossRoadsNews
Poets Alice Friman and Christopher Martin will read some of their pieces at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Library as part of the art center's celebration of art and poetry on Sept. 12. Friman, who is published in 13 countries, is Poet-in-Residence ...
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Public, politicians invited to oyster poetry contest
The Coastal Journal
DAMARISCOTTA — In an election year twist, the Pemaquid Oyster Festival is inviting politicians running for local, statewide and national offices (including President) to join the popular Pemaquid Oyster Poetry Contest that will take place at the event ...
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Indian poets mesmerize Jeddah Urdu lovers?
Saudi Gazette
Famous Urdu poets from all over India mesmerized the Indian expatriate community at an annual Mushaira (poetry gathering) organized by the Indian Pilgrims Welfare Forum (IPWF) under the patronage of Indian consulate here Thursday.? ?The traditional ...
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A year of living, breathing poetry
Irish Times
The judges of this year's Poetry Now competition reflect on this year's entries, and find that although Ireland 'is coming down with moans', our literary culture is thriving. The competition's winner will be announced tomorrow, writes ARMINTA WALLACE ...
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Irish Times
Israeli-American poet Karen Alkalay-Gut to read at WNYBAC Friday
Buffalo News (blog)
Award-winning Israeli-American poet, translator, editor and educator Karen Alkalay-Gut will visit Buffalo on Friday as a guest of the UB Poetics Program for a day of activities culminating in a poetry reading at 8 p.m. at the Western New York Book Arts ...
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Poetry: 'What Would Have Been,' 'The Royal Scam'
The Ledger
Poetry: 'What Would Have Been,' 'The Royal Scam'. Published: Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 10:31 p.m.. Last Modified: Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 10:31 p.m.. WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN? What if God had not taken you before your tenth birthday?
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DavidsonLearns offers poetry, politics & economics classes
DavidsonNews.net (blog)
DavidsonLearns, a new "lifelong learning" program in the Lake Norman area, is now accepting registrations for its first first three courses beginning in October, focusing on the topics of poetry, politics and economics. DavidsonLearns was founded this ...
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DavidsonNews.net (blog)
Paris, Petaluma, Rome…Look, Betty, that's where they have The Poetry Walk ...
Petaluma Argus Courier (blog)
My life partner, Wayne Morgenthaler, and his Jungle Vibes was the site of the beginning of Poetry Walk for many years, and we loved it. Smooth Toad playing great and funny scat jazz on the back deck along the River, me taking as much video as I could ...
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Petaluma Argus Courier (blog)
Poets to perform at Poetry Under The Stars
St. George Daily Spectrum
Poets have very different poetic styles and The Kayenta Arts Foundation has tried to highlight that Southern Utah diversity by choosing poets who represent the unique multiculturalism of the area. Poetry Under The Stars is recommended for ages 15 and ...
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Poetry as Balance Beam
Patheos (blog)
Because I don't currently have a television, I wasn't able to catch much of this summer's Olympic games. But I did see just enough to remind me that once upon a time—in the summer of 1992, to be exact—I harbored my own dreams of Olympic glory. I was ...
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Jessica Biel and Colin Farrell bonded over poetry on the set of "Total Recall"
IrishCentral
She revealed: "Colin really likes poetry and I'm a bit of an amateur poet myself. He was telling me all about different poets he likes. He would let me borrow a book and I would look at his poetry book over a week and then I'd pass it back and we'd ...
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IrishCentral
Puffin Cultural Forum to Host Poetry Slam
Patch.com
The Puffin Cultural Forum cordially invites poets of all ages to enter its second Poetry Slam. Hosted by Hackensack teacher/poet, Toney Jackson, who has thrilled Puffin audiences with his own work, this event is expected to reveal some outstanding ...
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Olmsted Parks Poetry Project to explore poetics of public space
Buffalo News (blog)
For the past 140 years, no single aspect of everyday existence in Buffalo has had a greater impact on the quality of life--to say nothing of the aesthetic and civic aspirations--of this community than the physical presence of landscape architects ...
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Chandler poet finds focus after bipolar diagnosis
San Francisco Chronicle
The 31-year-old Chandler man had been dabbling in poetry but his interest intensified after his diagnosis. Writing was a way to sort out some of the feelings he was having and the medication he was now taking helped him focus. He recently published a ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Pro Bowl poet: Kansas City Chiefs' Eric Berry wrote poetry while sidelined ...
New York Daily News (blog)
He ended up writing more than 200 poems, three screenplays and some songs. One of his big inspirations? The moon's ebb and flow. The Kansas City Star quotes some of his poetry, which has the unmistakable mark of sincerity, whatever lofty literary ...
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The Precious Face of Alzheimer's: One Caregiver's Epiphany Transformed Pain ...
Huffington Post (blog)
Her voice, which I recorded, was full of humor, insight, and an astonishing poetic sensibility." The author cites many examples in her book, The Long Hello -- The Other Side of Alzheimer's, that illustrate this point well. In one, Cathie asked her ...
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Redmond names Jeannine Hall Gailey as city's new poet laureate
Redmond Reporter
"My work is often inspired by subject matter like robots, comic books and anime and I think that people are often surprised to find out that there is poetry for every taste, not just about nature and love but computer code and science too." Gailey will ...
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'Breaking Bad' Finale: Poetic Justice
Huffington Post
Walt is not done, he's not out of the game, and it's a book of poetry that ultimately implicates him. The episode's title, not surprisingly, is part of an excerpt from "Leaves of Grass," a work by chemist Gale Boetticher's favorite poet. Here's the ...
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