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- Palestinians plan big funeral for poet Darwish - Reuters
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday -- an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Tributes for ...
- Rembrandt etchings will leave the Chrysler Museum Sunday - Hampton Roads Daily Press
NORFOLK - One of the finest collections of Rembrandt etchings in the United States will end its visit to the Chrysler Museum of Art Sunday after a 13-week run. "Rembrandt's Etchings: The Embrace of Darkness and Light," which is on loan from the ...
- Writing gurus inaugurate the Orcas Island Writers Festival - Bothell Reporter
In recent weeks an apron-clad woman has been seen roaming the Saturday Market with free brownies and cookies. The free food comes with a string attachedâ€â€literally. To each sweet is tied a brochure for the Orcas Island Writers Festival, due to be ...
- For simple perfection, think Manhattan - Arizona Republic
For simple perfection, think ManhattanArizona Republic, AZ - 53 minutes agoMaybe I'm just a classicist at heart, but a lot of contemporary cocktails bring to mind Robert Frost's assertion that writing free-verse poetry is like ...
- An Electrified ?Petrified? - Listen & Be Heard
An Electrified ?Petrified?Listen & Be Heard, CA - 18 hours agoShe reads French poetry to escape the dry landscape of Arizona, which has little to feed her soul. She dreams of France and reuniting with her French native ...
- Poem of the week: Ceo Draiochta (Magic Mist) - Guardian Unlimited
In Irish mythology, mist is often associated with transformation. In the legend, Lir's Children, for example, Aoife creates clouds of steam in which to accomplish the curse that changes the children into swans. Their release from the curse and return ...
- Chinese astronaut takes historic walk in space - Globe and Mail
W L from Canada writes: One area Canadians are definitely better at than Chinese ever will be are the sour grape comments. Seems more of our national resources are spent criticizing other nations than making our own better. Esmerelda in Alberta from ...
- A few words with poet-mom January O'Neil - Salem News
BEVERLY - January O'Neil began two years ago by posting poems on her blog. Now, after winning the Robert Frost Poetry Contest in April, she is kicking off the Lawrence-based foundation's sixth season of live poetry tomorrow and just sealed the deal ...
- Dance Recitals! Freakout Films! Music Crawl! (Free Times)
WEDNESDAY 1 Out with the old, in with the new!
- Obama profile: Ability to evolve and adapt - San Francisco Chronicle
Obama profile: Ability to evolve and adaptSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 21 minutes agoHe explored the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud, and began to display skill in prose and poetry. Gone was the good-time surfer dude, ...
- Temple makes a leap of faith - Boston Globe
It's been years since North Shore Jews have scrambled to find a seat at a synagogue for Rosh Hashana. But when the New Year holiday begins tomorrow after sunset, it will be standing room only at Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott. More than 1 ...
- Linda Bierds' poem reshapes experience into metaphor - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Linda Bierds' poem reshapes experience into metaphorThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 2 hours agoI love the extravagance of this kind of writing, from the repetition of sounds to the heightened phrases in the short lines, such as in this pair: "waxed ...
- Sheep Thrills at Bluegrass Festival - Lake County Record-Bee
Sheep Thrills at Bluegrass FestivalLake County Record-Bee, CA - 11 hours agoFormer Poet Laureate Sandra Wade, who will be joined by special guests, will be reading poetry for the crowd as well. The Old Time Bluegrass Festival is ...
- Dogs and other gods - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphDogs and other godsCalcutta Telegraph, India - 2 hours agoIf the purpose of poetry is to educate and entertain, then this collection can be said to achieve its aim well. There are helpful poems on the ways of ...
- Poster poems: Songs of the city - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukPoster poems: Songs of the cityguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoEliot was quite the urban poet, and the seeds of poetry of city life are to be found in earlier poems like Preludes. His view of the city is about as far ...
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