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- Why, Lord Byron – you’re a sly dog - Times Online
He may have a reputation as England’s greatest romantic poet, but Lord Byron had an unchivalrous way of fobbing off his female admirers. The women would send him locks of hair with their fan letters. It has now been claimed that the clippings he ...
- The Speech: First Thoughts - Washington Post Blog
Barack Obama's just-completed speech in Berlin is sure to be analyzed ad nauseam for some time to come. Below you'll find the Fix's first impressions of the speech. We reserve the right to update and amend these thoughts, but wanted to start the ...
- Why poetry matters, By Jay Parini (Independent)
In 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter?", spoke wittily and despairingly of "poets" graduating from courses who teach and produce fresh multitudes of versifiers, publish in the same magazines and reverently review one another's books, most written in the same chopped-up free verse that has ...
- Ryan Adams, the Book - Gawker
The musician/experimental blogger is already publishing a book of poetry, and today's Page Six says he's "signed with indie Brooklyn house Akashic Books." Is it the same poetry book they're referring to—or a separate one? (Our e-mail to Adams ...
- Our rulers find the ultimate scapegoats - you and me - Daily Telegraph
Who broke the Broken Society? As politicians clamour to lay the blame for the gaping rends in our social fabric, one thing is becoming obvious. Behind their carapace of caring, their pious regrets and their hopes for a hopeless future, these ...
- Evocative lyrics - Hindu
HinduEvocative lyricsHindu, India - 32 minutes agoIncidentally, in the poem “Khuda”, Gulzar points out the irony of worship and the shallowness of rituals unaccompanied by a sincere thought. ...
- AWAKENING INTO SIMPLICITY - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphAWAKENING INTO SIMPLICITYCalcutta Telegraph, India - 1 hour agoA motif that keeps recurring in her work is lines in Bengali script — usually poetry — embroidered, as it were, on her forms. ...
- Indo-Asian News Service - NDTV.com
Indo-Asian News ServiceNDTV.com, India - 2 hours ago... assembled for Fifth and Wisdom also appear to be drawn from the various strands of her own life. Andriy, who takes an interest in philosophy and poetry, ...
- Betts’ replacement selected by WCC school board - Searcy Daily Citizen
Betts’ replacement selected by WCC school boardSearcy Daily Citizen, AR - 7 hours agoFour students took places in the Three Rivers Poetry Contest at WMSC. Jose Vazquez in Ms. Hardcastle’s kindergarten class won 1st place in the K-2 Division; ...
- Framingham classmates remember Caique Souza - MetroWest Daily News
Framingham classmates remember Caique SouzaMetroWest Daily News, MA - 19 minutes ago... original poetry, rap and fleet-footed dance moves. Caique's family members - including his little brother and his father - were guests at the ceremony. ...
- Prodigy at 20, Dead at 31, Kapell's Genius Survives on New Set - Bloomberg
Prodigy at 20, Dead at 31, Kapell's Genius Survives on New SetBloomberg - 1 hour agoEven through the unavoidable static and radio interference of amateur technology, there is sheer poetry in these performances of Debussy's ``Suite ...
- Third anniversary chat with the local scribbler - The Compass
Third anniversary chat with the local scribblerThe Compass, Canada - 1 hour agoI loved writing essays and poetry in school. My first job was in a newspaper (the old St. John's Daily News). I even had my own column for teens when I was ...
- Ralph V. Heino Sr., 1918-2008: Violinist 'very passionate about ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Ralph V. Heino Sr., 1918-2008: Violinist 'very passionate about ...Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours agoHeino also wrote poetry, worked with wood sculptures and painted. Heino was born in Butte, Mont., and moved with his parents to Aberdeen where he graduated ...
- America Back on Track... for Wednesday, July 23rd - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from Albert Guinon said, "When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong – or absolutely right." Some observations on the news... Maureen Dowd has an excellent column today about Obama’s Middle East ...
- Entertainment Calendar for June 26 - July 3 - NRToday.com
Entertainment Calendar for June 26 - July 3NRToday.com, OR - 55 minutes agoPOETRY SLAM — 6 pm, Granger Book Co., 111 Second Ave., Myrtle Creek. Read your own poetry or bring your favorite poem to read. Free public event. 793-5599. ...
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