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- Washington County Poetry Contest winners honored at reception - Hagerstown Morning Herald
Washington County Poetry Contest winners honored at receptionHagerstown Morning Herald, MD - 2 hours agoWinners in the Washington County Poetry Contest included, front row, from left, Samantha Juedemann, Sierra Smith and Gabriela Nakano; second row, from left, ...
- Kay Ryan Named US Poet Laureate (Arts Journal)
"Known for her sly, compact poems that revel in wordplay and internal rhymes, Ms. Ryan has won a carriage full of poetry prizes for her funny and philosophical work, including awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1994, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, worth $100,000."
- 2b or not 2b? - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk2b or not 2b?guardian.co.uk, UK - 44 minutes agoTo celebrate World Poetry day in 2007, T-Mobile tried to find the UK's first "Txt laureate" in a competition for the best romantic poem in SMS. ...
- Portsmouth to revisit plan for nightclub in Old Towne - The Virginian-Pilot
Portsmouth to revisit plan for nightclub in Old TowneThe Virginian-Pilot, VA - 9 hours ago... but they want to feature live music and poetry. Webb questioned whether his venture was being stereotyped as similar to David's. David's was a black ...
- Michael Phelps joins Olympic greats with ninth gold medal - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukMichael Phelps joins Olympic greats with ninth gold medalTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoThough strangely ungainly on dry land, Phelps was poetry in motion from the moment he pushed off from his starting blocks. A perfect dive, deeper than most ...
- Lesbian Activist Del Martin Dies at 87 (Time Magazine)
Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, has died
- Dream Bloggers - Mid-Day Mumbai
Dream BloggersMid-Day Mumbai, India - 54 minutes agoWe predict: If Rekha does start blogging, we can probably expect a lot of poetry. It’s one of the best ways to share thoughts without giving anything away! ...
- New bookstore opens; profit not required; Kilns Bookstore will put money it makes back into store and charities (The Bulletin)
Kilns Bookstore, a new addition to Central Oregon‘s bookseller ranks, will open its doors in the Old Mill Marketplace in Bend today. The opening comes just more than a month after The Book Barn, a 35-year-old shop in nearby downtown, closed due to declining sales and stiff competition from online retailers such as Amazon.
- Kiwanians say thanks - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica GleanerKiwanians say thanksJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 5 hours agoMuch to the delight of club members and the visitors, they showcased talent ranging from poetry to singing and all was well received with cheers that echoed ...
- Appetite for learning shapes seniors' life - The Daily Yomiuri
Appetite for learning shapes seniors' lifeThe Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 2 hours agoSeventeen students studied American poetry as an elective at Rikkyo Second Stage College of Tokyo's Rikkyo University. The yearlong curriculum, which began ...
- PUBLIC ENEMIES - New York Times Blogs
PUBLIC ENEMIESNew York Times Blogs, NY - 2 hours agoThe photos, widely published together with Bonnie's eerie girlish poetry, became the very stuff of the magazines Bonnie herself had once read. ...
- Slimy Love Anytime. Dog shit for W - OpEdNews
Slimy Love Anytime. Dog shit for WOpEdNews, PA - 1 hour agoOssip Mandelshtam, the Russian poet wrote, “Russian poetry includes Georgian traditional tune..” Georgian epic novel The Great Mouravi was published in ...
- Love's labor’s lost in post-invasion Iraq - Middle East Online
As statistics go, at least 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the occupation, now in its fifth year. Every one of them has left behind once loved ones to mourn the loss and to think of what might have been. This is the land of the Arabian Nights ...
- Two wheels - guardian.co.uk
Two wheelsguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoEven those who are not chic ride with an ease and elegance that borders on poetry." There are YouTube videos that show this "poetry in motion". ...
- Leonard Cohen - Times Online
Leonard CohenTimes Online, UK - 2 hours agoHis mother Masha was a Russian Jew from Lithuania, from whom he inherited an affinity for song and poetry. Soon news arrived of the fate of other relatives ...
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