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- Love my Chucks - Waco Tribune-Herald
I got my first pair of Converse when I was ten. They were pink Hi-tops, and I loved them! I currently have three pair. They’re all black low-tops, but they have different colored laces. They also have stuff written on them. (I wish I’d saved my ...
- Palestinian 'national poet' dies - BBC Middle East
He is said to have given voice to the Palestinian dreams of statehood, crafted their 1988 declaration of independence and helped to forge a Palestinian national identity. "He started out as a poet of resistance and then he became a poet of conscience ...
- Not Everything Sells Better on the Internet - New York Times Blogs
Clearly, if you want to sell your vote in the next presidential election, you want to do it the old fashioned way through the local saloon, not on the internet. The legal troubles of this Minnesota teen attest to that. This guy’s hijinks did ...
- From poetry to song: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" - Spectrum
Phyllis brought me a penciled musical adaptation of the Irving Berlin favorite based on the words from a poem by Emma Lazarus, and asked me to sing the harmony; she would sing the melody.
- Encore Offers New Mini-Courses For Fall - Chattanoogan
Lee University's Encore program, which offers people 60 and over the opportunity to take university courses for credit for a $50 fee, will be offering eight new mini-courses designed specifically for program participants. The Play's the Thing will be ...
- Condensing Jerusalem (Haaretz Daily)
"The world is becoming small," says Gilad Meiri. "This country is small and contains two nations, this city is small and has many people who are seeking a means of expression, and poetry is the smallest aesthetic genre that can express so much in a few words.
- TheStar.com | entertainment | Coldplay leaves fans out in cold - Toronto Star
Tour promoter Live Nation says "production delays" forced Coldplay to revamp their North American tour schedule, cancelling three shows in Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg and setting new dates for Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. As well, one of two ...
- Gift of words: Festival of the Written Arts - Coast Reporter
Gift of words: Festival of the Written ArtsCoast Reporter, Canada - 35 minutes agoShe described how the birth of this memoir had been difficult for a writer who was more comfortable with poetry. Her son’s response had been, “Good book, ...
- Cleveland Browns Humor: 2 Limericks for Tuesday afternoon - Bleacherreport.com
As part of a contest being run by one of my favorite sites, Footballguys.com, I recently composed the following two limericks. Before you throw me to the wolves for posting poetry—have a look and let me know what you think. If you are a Browns fan ...
- A whale of a time in Berlin - New Zealand Herald
A whale of a time in BerlinNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour agoSo, in the midst of everything else that was going on in his musical life at the time, Benson came up with a song about whales and emailed it away to the ...
- First Chapter - New York Times
First ChapterNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoHe also wrote poetry. At home we had the slenderest book of his poems: Thirty-three Poems, four or five inches square, bound in a patterned magenta cloth, ...
- Show what you know - Wicked Local Dennis
Show what you knowWicked Local Dennis, MA - 23 hours agoOther projects included African-American History month in February. “Each group studied the biography of an African-American artist,” O’Connor said. ...
- Remember? Larry King was killed? Shot point blank in the head? - Huffingtonpost.com
Read the article and you'll be informed that in fact, Larry was the problem. He was always the problem. And while kids are experimenting with sexuality at younger and younger ages overall, being gay is dangerous. Heterosexual play is fine but, "Kids ...
- Best TV Sound Bites of 2007 - Entertainment Weekly Online
''Scientists say because of global warming they expect the world's oceans to rise four and a half feet. The scientists say this can mean only one thing — Gary Coleman is going to drown.'' ''Five of us transferred from Stamford. There's two of us ...
- Top Poets Perform on Montana Poetry Day (Scoop.co.nz)
Celebrated New Zealand poets, Sam Hunt, CK Stead, Glenn Colquhoun and Poet Laureate Michelle Legott take to the stage to celebrate Montana Poetry Day, Friday 18 July.
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