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- Class Acts: Colleges/Universities (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
♦Indiana Wesleyan University Daniel Luttrull, an Indiana Wesleyan University junior, won second prize for poetry in the 2008 Student Writing Contest, sponsored by the Conference on Christianity and Literature. His poem was titled On Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of Saint Thomas.
- Slam some poetry (The Star)
EVER felt the urge to write an ode to chocolate cake? Or a sonnet about coffins? Perhaps you prefer limericks in which old ladies choke on apple crumble? At this month’s KL Poetry Slam, you get the chance to wax lyrical about life’s two certainties (forget taxes!): Death and Dessert.
- Sara Mobayen: A talented young photographer - Payvand
PayvandSara Mobayen: A talented young photographerPayvand, Iran - 4 hours agoI must admit that even from the back one can feel that this child is having a good time. When she told me that she does yoga I realized where that gentle ...
- Parting gifts for Martin's mate - BBC News
What's the power of poetry? As a parting gift, Martin McGuinness presented Ian Paisley with a couple of hand-written poems. Mr McGuinness wrote one of the poems himself One was a passage from Seamus Heaney's The Cure At Troy in the laureate's own ...
- Mr Former President Václav Havel - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukMr Former President Václav HavelTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoIt is a book to dip into, to find political insight, bits of poetry and some hilarious events. And yet if you do read from the beginning to the end, ...
- Hypocrisy, human rights and the Beijing games - Green Left Weekly
Hypocrisy, human rights and the Beijing gamesGreen Left Weekly, Australia - 5 hours agoUyrghur poets have even been charged with “spiritual terrorism” for their work. These charges can bring the death sentence. East Turkestan is the only place ...
- When you sleep, do you dream about pop culture? - Popwatch
I used to have incredibly boring dreams. When I was younger, I would wake up in a cold sweat after having nightmares about not turning in my homework on time or having to restart my computer several times after the Web continually crashed on me. Yep ...
- Marge Tucker: Local ranch woman also is a cowboy poet - Sun Shopper
Marge Tucker: Local ranch woman also is a cowboy poetSun Shopper, AZ - 2 hours agoThis red-headed whippersnapper won the Gail Gardner Award for a Working Cowboy Poet at the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering this past year. ...
- Searching for Hollywood? It's closer than you think - Las Cruces Sun-News
Searching for Hollywood? It's closer than you thinkLas Cruces Sun-News, NM - 14 hours ago... based on Johnson's book "Alternative Ed," which McCall said "is about a kid in danger of becoming a gangbanger who ends up being saved by poetry. ...
- History’s Active Participant - Russia Profile
History’s Active ParticipantRussia Profile, Russia - 2 hours agoI would have to tell you at least 60 names. I love both literature and poetry. When I was a boy, I considered poetry sissy, as many boys would. ...
- Poetry uses all six senses - Tonight
Poetry uses all six sensesTonight, South Africa - 4 hours agoShe fell in love with words in primary school when her class was presented with an assignment to write a short story. When she reached high school (Athlone ...
- 1968: The Year That Changed Horror - Firefox News
1968: The Year That Changed HorrorFirefox News, AZ - 10 hours agoBy Peter Gutiérrez Over the past fifteen years, Peter's work in horror and other genres, in the form of short fiction, poetry, criticism, and comics, ...
- 2b or not 2b? (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite doom-laden prophecies, texting has not been the disaster for language many feared, argues linguistics professor David Crystal. On the contrary, it improves children's writing and spelling
- Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo still together - New York Daily News
Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo still togetherNew York Daily News, NY - 3 hours ago"With his encouragement, she's trying her hand at poetry," writes Star. I'm pleased to bring you this exclusive haiku from Jen to John: "No movie for us ...
- His scattered dreams (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts & entertainment: Scribbles and smears, hearts and hieroglyphs - what are Cy Twombly's paintings trying to tell us? Adrian Searle visits the Tate's new show
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