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- Douglas MacArthur: Duty, Honor Country - Ocala
Douglas MacArthur: Duty, Honor CountryOcala, FL - 2 hours agoUnhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagination, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean. ...
- CD Review (Otago Daily Times)
This week our Classical music reviewer listens to a 'symphonic poem to be danced to' and 'words and music written by some of our early settlers'. > Songs by NZ Composers.
- Vaughn sizzles in 'Cyrano' - Spectrum
It seems almost disloyal to say that some of the best plays produced in the past few seasons of the Utah Shakespearean Festival were not written by the Bard himself. But it's true. I've been attending the festival since 1990, when I was only 11 years ...
- windsorstar.com - Windsor Star
windsorstar.comWindsor Star, Canada - 14 hours agoOn the one-year anniversary of Carlos Rivera's murder, his mother has published a book of her son's poetry and is trying to follow her son's advice on ...
- Ian Hunter on William Topaz McGonagall, the world's worst poet - National Post
Ian Hunter on William Topaz McGonagall, the world's worst poetNational Post, Canada - 3 hours agoMcGonagall would be sad to learn that perhaps his most famous poem, Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silver Tay, is used in schools as an object lesson in ...
- Man on Wire (New York Times)
Philippe Petit in "Man on Wire." On the morning of Aug. 7, 1974, after months of preparation and years of dreaming, a French daredevil named Philippe Petit stepped into the sky above Lower Manhattan.
- 'Booming' moments (The Springfield News-Leader)
First they mixed aluminum dust and iron dust, making thermite. Then they added potassium permanganate.
- When a movie hurts too much to watch (Chicago Sun-Times)
The blog entry "In Search of Redemption" inspired an outpouring of reader comments remarkable not only for their number but for their intelligence and thought. It became obvious that many of us go to the movies seeking some sort of release or healing.
- Strawberry picking offers a lesson on the joy of simple work - Ashland Daily Press
Recently I drove out to Brenda and Jack Erickson's farm near Bayfield and picked a big batch of strawberries. For nearly a half hour I was on my hands and knees pushing aside the rich green plants reaching for their bright red, sweet berries, all the ...
- What rhymes with cancer? - Monterey County Herald
What rhymes with cancer?Monterey County Herald, CA - 2 hours agoPoetry. She writes poetry. Whenever and why ever it moves her or soothes her or makes her laugh so hard she forgets, just for a moment, to be afraid. ...
- Thomas Disch, Novelist, Dies at 68 (New York Times)
Mr. Disch twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in new, disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God.
- Turning 40 is a big deal for the Northwest Chamber Chorus - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Turning 40 is a big deal for the Northwest Chamber ChorusSeattle Post Intelligencer - 18 minutes agoThe text is derived from poetry of Horace, one of the most famous poets in Rome, who lived in the era of Julius Caesar. The title, "Carpe Diem," is taken ...
- Library helped children pick 'right' books 100 years ago - Canton Repository (subscription)
Library helped children pick 'right' books 100 years agoCanton Repository (subscription), OH - 8 hours agoWhile a few girls "can be induced" to read the poetry of Tennyson or Longfellow,The Repository acknowledged in an article published in 1908, ...
- Arts and Review - Nigerian Tribune
Nigerian TribuneArts and ReviewNigerian Tribune, Nigeria - 58 minutes agoProfessor Oyewale Tomori wondered why some Nigerians don’t use their power of imagination while others use it wrongly before reading a poem in Yoruba ...
- If you really love Dad, give him a big box of nothing - New York Daily News
If you really love Dad, give him a big box of nothingNew York Daily News, NY - 2 hours agoThis was back in the dark days of cologne-giving, which mercifully came to an end after the horrible 1986 tragedy in Cincinnati wherein a 72-year-old man's ...
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