Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Intrepid English editor leads kids to land of Ology in fictional series on fanciful critters (Ventura County Star)
"Are dragons kind?" 7-year-old Noah Pellettieri asked Dr. Ernest Drake, the esteemed naturalist and adventurer.
- Sorouh honoured to support 2008 Liwa Dates Festival (AME Info)
Organisers of the fourth Liwa Dates Festival, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and sponsored by Sorouh Real Estate PJSC, proclaimed the event a huge success today, presenting an award of appreciation to Sorouh at a special ceremony in Liwa City in the Emirates Western Region.
- Nigeria: Enter, Ramadan'bachelor Hunter' of Kano (AllAfrica.com)
Tashe or asure can simply be termed Ramadan carnival. When its history is written or how it is performed is described, the name of the famous 'bachelor hunter' of Kano, Nalako stands out.
- An Americus author records his life story after becoming a Christian ... - Albany Herald
AMERICUS — When life ends for someone, what remains as a testament to their existence varies greatly, depending on what they did with their time on earth. For one Americus man, the recorded happenings of his life are now preserved for posterity in ...
- Boardwalk in Cape Town - August 19, 2008 - Tonight
Boardwalk in Cape Town - August 19, 2008Tonight, South Africa - 11 hours agoCelebrates Cape Town through poetry, song and dance. Tel: 083-270-5592. Odidiva runs at Friendly Society, Greenpoint, every Saturday night. ...
- You don't know Jacques - Scotsman
You don't know JacquesScotsman, United Kingdom - 43 minutes agoMcKuen reduces it to a mournful, half-spoken croak, and even manages to strip the lyrics of their poetry and their ambiguity. The pearls of rain from the ...
- Daily TWiP - T.S. Eliot birth anniversary - Nashua Telegraph
Welcome to the Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays, historical observances, etc., we couldn't cram into The Week in Preview. Today we celebrate the birth anniversary of poet, playwright, and literary critic Thomas Stearn (T.S.) Eliot ...
- Sunny Irvine mom is also a dark poet - OCRegister
Sunny Irvine mom is also a dark poetOCRegister, CA - 2 hours agoThose aren't exactly jolly topics, but who said poetry had to be joyful? "I have a very dark mind," said the second-generation Chinese American poet. ...
- John Lichfield: Racy goings-on in la France profonde - Belfast Telegraph
The nearest town to our house in Normandy is a sad place which has never fully recovered from the summer of 1944. In June of that year, it was pointlessly bombed by the British. In August, it was partially burned by the SS. Sixty-four years later ...
- Teacher of the year from Cle Elum-Roslyn - Seattle Times
Teacher of the year from Cle Elum-RoslynSeattle Times, United States - 1 hour agoShe writes poetry about the natural world and relationships. Johnson will spend 2009 traveling around the state, speaking to other teachers and sharing what ...
- Giving Foster Teens a Place to Call Home (Gotham Gazette)
(This article is adapted from Child Welfare Watch Vol. 16 , "Home Away From Home: Foster Parents for a New Generation." Reporting by Ann Farmer, Kendra Hurley, and Barbara Solow.)
- Photo: Adam Travis - Time Out Chicago
Time Out ChicagoPhoto: Adam TravisTime Out Chicago, IL - 30 minutes agoThe organizer and driving force behind the Poetry Foundation’s annual Printers’ Ball, Fred Sasaki—who self-effacingly titles himself “the doorman”—recalls ...
- Q&A: Former poet laureate Billy Collins cracks wise in verse (The Kansas City Star)
In the musty, overheated Academy of American Poetry, Billy Collins is the wiseguy in the back row, throwing spitballs and cracking up his friends.
- GCSE poem dropped over knife fear - BBC UK News
An exam board is removing a poem about a knife-carrying violent loner from its anthology for GCSE English because of fears over teenage knife crime. The AQA exam board has decided to withdraw the poem Education for Leisure written by Carol Ann Duffy ...
- Taking awe breaks - The Christian Century
Taking awe breaksThe Christian Century - 1 hour agoOn the first morning, I sat down in a porch rocking chair and opened What Do We Know, a book of poetry by Mary Oliver. Another good way to begin a day at ...
|
|
Is Refinancing right for you?
Second Mortgage
November 2007 Mortgage News
|