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- Here, tell these people something they don't know about me. - Globe and Mail
Barack Obama has already referenced Jay-Z by brushing off his shoulders. Last night, I got the distinct impression that the Democratic candidate for president has been watching the Eminem movie 8 Mile . Remember the last battle scene, when Rabbit ...
- Writing marathon to hit Pickering (The Pickering News Advertiser)
PICKERING -- Some Durham poets hope to help save some Canadian history. The Pickering Public Library will hold the Purdy Poetry Marathon on Tuesday, Aug. 19 and Wednesday, Aug. 20, where the...
- Crumpled-suit style proves winner at Fashion Festival - Courier Mail
Crumpled-suit style proves winner at Fashion FestivalCourier Mail, Australia - 4 hours agoT-shirts feature lines of poetry written by Scacheri's partner. Scacheri says he is trying to reach the guy who has landed the job he has been working ...
- The Last Island By Mimi White Deerbrook Editions 82 pp. $14 - Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science MonitorThe Last Island By Mimi White Deerbrook Editions 82 pp. $14Christian Science Monitor, MA - 13 hours agoThe collection opens with an imaginative poem about a woman watching a house burn. The flames are a metaphor for love, which can create a purifying heat or ...
- Community spirit shines at St. Stephen’s (The Daily Item)
LYNN - First they learn how to spell the word c-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y. Then they become part of it. That’s the underlying premise behind the annual Kids in Community program, which came to a close Friday at St. Stephen’s Church, where it was held for the past four weeks.
- Local interest in poet Robert Frost reinvigorated (The Addison Independent)
By KATHRYN FLAGG RIPTON — Writers traveling the flood-damaged Route 125 to the Middlebury College Bread Loaf campus last week passed a familiar landmark on their way to the annual writers’ conference: the cozy white Homer Noble farmhouse, where poet Robert Frost spent his summers from 1939 until his death in 1963. The farmhouse was the object of sadness for many Frost fans last winter ...
- Newmarket news briefs - Portsmouth Herald News
Newmarket news briefsPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 56 minutes agoThe second Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 pm is "An Evening of Spoken Word" at Crackskull's Books & Cafe on Main Street. The poetry open mike night is ...
- City author gets NY Times thumbs-up - Winnipeg Free Press
City author gets NY Times thumbs-upWinnipeg Free Press, Canada - 46 minutes agoA collection of travel poetry that includes a poem about Churchill has been nominated for a prestigious British poetry prize, reported London's Guardian ...
- Local grad earns high marks for volunteering (Scarborough Mirror)
Local student Tracy Chen has given a great deal to her school and community. Thanks to her hard work, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is giving something to her.
- Tolworth author robbed of valuable manuscript - Sutton Guardian
A Tolworth author has appealed for the return of his valuable manuscript after being robbed in Surbiton last night when he stopped to ask for directions. Sohan Lal Saini, 72, of Hamilton Avenue, Tolworth was driving back from Surbiton station at 10 ...
- Palestinians mourn Mahmud Darwish (Middle East Online)
Abbas says national poet’s death ‘will leave a great void in our cultural, political, and national life.’
- Palestinian poet Darwish to be buried Wednesday (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will be buried in the West Bank on Wednesday, a day later than planned, Palestinian officials ...
- Lyavon Barshcheuski and Zyanon Paznyak met in Warsaw - Charter 97
Lyavon Barshcheuski and Zyanon Paznyak met in WarsawCharter 97, Belarus - 6 hours ago... the Conservative Christian Party of the BPF Zyanon Paznyak met in Warsaw on the occasion of publication in Poland two anthologies of Belarusian poetry. ...
- Western Days promises fun Labor Day weekend! - Wet Mountain Tribune
Western Days promises fun Labor Day weekend!Wet Mountain Tribune, CO - 37 minutes agoThey will entertain with music, stories and poetry about the cowboy way of life. Be sure to catch the singing and fiddling act known as Prickly Pair. ...
- Religion: Speakers (The Herald-Mail)
St. John's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Scott Bellows will preach Sunday at the 8 and 10:15 a.m. communion services. The summer choir will sing at the later service.
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