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- The elusive art of relaxing - Pittsburg Morning Sun
The elusive art of relaxingPittsburg Morning Sun, KS - 4 hours agoIn my case, it’s writing, especially writing poetry, which requires a great deal of waiting  the antithesis of being busy. ...
- Bjork And Barney Bathe In Blubber - See Magazine
Bjork And Barney Bathe In BlubberSee Magazine, Canada - 23 minutes ago“At the present day the poetry of salt water is very much on the wane,†he wrote, and while 150 years may separate them, you can see that exact same impetus ...
- Truth-telling Solzhenitsyn remained great to the end (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
'Live Not By Lies!" thundered Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died Sunday at 89, in the uncannily wise, noble and thrilling statement he addressed to fellow Russians on Feb. 13, 1974.
- Del Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activist - San Jose Mercury News
The Associated PressDel Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activistSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 2 hours ago... couple and six other women in 1955 founded the Daughters of Bilitis, a social support group named after a 19th-century French book of lesbian poetry. ...Lesbian activist Del Martin dies Gay.comSF: UPDATE: LESBIAN AND FEMINIST PIONEER DEL MARTIN IS MOURNED CBS 5US lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87 Monsters and Critics.comBgay.com - International Herald Tribuneall 304 news articles
- A haiku contest (Contra Costa Times)
An ancient poetic form gets a political twist in a new haiku contest. Can you haiku?
- Have the last word at poetry slam (Central Western Daily)
CENTRAL West Libraries is calling all poets, hip-hop artists and other outspoken wordsmiths to polish their rhymes and lyrics for the Australian Poetry Slam 08, an annual slam contest offering more than $10,000 in cash and prizes.
- "AirQ Haiku" Contest Raises Air Quality Awareness (Kansas City InfoZine)
Contest invites entrants to submit haikus that relate to air quality
- Happy Birthday, Francis Scott Key - findingDulcinea
findingDulcineaHappy Birthday, Francis Scott KeyfindingDulcinea, New York - 1 hour agoAn ancestor and namesake of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, Key is best known for a rare demonstration of poetry: “The Defence of Fort McHenry,†otherwise known ...
- Diversions for August 17, 2008 (Evansville Courier & Press)
WOLFGAND CLASSICAL WIND ENSEMBLE SUMMER CONCERTS  7:30 p.m., Old North United Methodist Church, 4201 Stringtown Road; and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church Wesley Hall, 601 Main St., Mount Vernon, Ind. (both concerts are free).
- Their man in Pari: How Aimé Maeght changed the face of 20th-century art (Independent)
I am sitting in the café of the Fondation Maeght, a private art foundation in the hills above Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera, listening to Isabelle Maeght, the granddaughter of its founder, Aimé Maeght, reminisce about her very special friendship with the artist Georges Braque, co-founder of Cubism with Pablo Picasso. "Though only a child, I was in love with Braque," she tells me. "He was ...
- Wow, what a story! - Edmonton Sun
It's been barely a week since Winnipeg author Andrew Davidson's first novel, The Gargoyle, landed in bookstores. But it has already carved out a niche in publishing history. And made its creator comfortably wealthy. Truth be told, it accomplished ...
- Surviving with Humor, Reinventing Language, and Nancy Pearl - KUOW NPR
KUOW NPRSurviving with Humor, Reinventing Language, and Nancy PearlKUOW NPR, WA - 3 hours ago... with comedy his entire life. Today, he shares his advice for using humor as both a weapon and a shield. We also explore how poetry reinvents language, ...
- Poetry performance today - Central Michigan Life
Students should make plans to rush to Warriner Hall tonight if they want a head rush. Performance group headRush, which specializes in politically-charged hip-hop, poetry and theater, will perform at 7 p.m. today in Warriner Hall's Plachta Auditorium ...
- Funeral pending for poet Charles Guenther - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It is with sadness that I have just finished writing an obituary for Charles Guenther, who died Thursday at 88. He was such a quiet gentleman and one of the most generous, hard-working book reviewers I’ve ever worked with. He reviewed poetry for ...
- Workshop offers crash course in slam poetry (The Arbiter)
The words flowed. The emotion was pure and raw. The lyrics were genuine. Mike McGee, a two-time world champion slam poet, presented a poetry slam workshop Monday, Sept. 15, and introduced many people to the craft of the spoken artist.The workshop was a crash course in everything that is slam poetry.
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