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- WH Auden (Guardian Unlimited)
'Why do you want to write poetry?' If the young man answers, 'I have important things I want to say,' then he is not a poet. If he answers, 'I like hanging around words listening to what they say,' then maybe he is going to be a poet.'
- UNT professor publishes new poetry collection (Denton Record-Chronicle)
University of North Texas English professor Bruce Bond’s Blind Rain, a book of poetry, was recently released by Louisiana State University Press. The book includes several elegies, many concerning last days and death of his father.
- Arts fest ups ante with its offerings - Tacoma News Tribune
Tacoma sees a lot of arts festivals during the summer. But Showcase Tacoma, running today and tomorrow, has expanded its lineup this year to include cutting-edge contemporary art, interactive film, indie rock and a full literary program. Organizers ...
- Pre-1964 Muscle Cars - North Island Midweek
Pre-1964 Muscle CarsNorth Island Midweek, Canada - 3 hours ago5) 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk: A beautifully styled car with a 352-inch, 275-horse power-plant, and the result was poetry in motion. ...
- Livermore man, 84, writes of Brooklyn boyhood (Contra Costa Times)
Gifts from aunt led to career at laboratory, author recalls
- Book of poems inscribed to Caitlin is valued at £25,000 (icWales)
The collection, called The World’s Finest Collection of Dylan Thomas, includes the first edition of the issue of the poet’s first book.
- Haiku and gentle fun (Centre Daily Times)
Jon J Muth's cleverness emerges gradually in "Zen Ties," a glowing companion to his Caldecott Honor book, "Zen Shorts." Stillwater, the gentle giant of a panda, greets his nephew at the train station with "Hi, Koo!" His welcome includes a gift of helium-filled balloons.
- Engrossing ‘Dark Knight’ redefines genre - Aspen Times
Heath Ledger stars as The Joker, and Christian Bale plays Batman in “The Dark Knight.” Warner Bros. “Batman” isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes ...
- Eulogy for a Palestinian Propagandist - FrontPage magazine.com
Eulogy for a Palestinian PropagandistFrontPage magazine.com, CA - 24 minutes agoDarwish used his poetry to give voice to those who reject Israel ’s right to exist as a Jewish state in its ancient homeland. He called himself a “weapon” ...
- Before I turn 30, I want to ... - Portsmouth Herald
I still remember all of those lofty goals and dreams I came up with when I was a teenager, all to be accomplished before I became that ancient age of 30. My friend Ellen and I had it all planned out. I would be an ex-pat poet in France, she would be ...
- School stages moors musical - Whitby Today
School stages moors musicalWhitby Today, UK - 3 hours agoActivities undertaken by children included poetry writing, singing and playing musical instruments including guitars, piano, wind and percussion. ...
- All's Well in the Glen (Metro Santa Cruz)
The visual resonance of repertory casting--watching, for example, a trio of competing Baroque organists transformed into a troika of French soldiers--added much richness to last weekend's performance of All's Well That Ends Well . Seeing Romeo turned servant, Juliet as a Florentine wench and the airiest would-be concertmaster transformed into the King of France--again through ingenious ...
- William Stafford's Poetry of False Witness - New York Sun
William Stafford's Poetry of False WitnessNew York Sun, United States - 1 hour agoBy ERIC ORMSBY When William Stafford (1914-93) was given the National Book Award for poetry, for his 1962 collection "Traveling Through the Dark," the ...
- Community briefs 6/23 - Daily News Tribune
Leonard FourHawks will be at the Waltham Public Library, 735 Main St., on Wednesday, June 25, 2:30 p.m. FourHawks is a member of the Northern Cheyenne and Mohawk nations. He will share his heritage though stories. Ideal for grades 2-5. To reserve a ...
- Never too late to paint - Morris County Daily Record
The painting wasn't finished. A still life of fruit baskets on a bureau with a scarf draped over the side, it had hung on Helen Kolanich's wall for two years, but it wasn't quite right. She took it down and brought it to her weekly art class at ...
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