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- Donations needed for Central PTO fundraiser - Davison Index
Donations needed for Central PTO fundraiserDavison Index, MI - 20 minutes agoMD DAVISON  Sacramento Rainbow Poets seeks Davison poets for its upcoming poetry contest. Poems can be written in about any subject and be in any style. ...
- Wisdom Like a Flower Bed: Sa'di's 'Gulistan' (The New York Sun)
Common sense is probably the last thing we want or expect from poets. Give us confessions, prophecies, manifestos, but spare us the advice  especially advice in verse. The poet should be a firebrand, not some mumbling old uncle. And yet, it wasn't always thus. In older cultures, not only in Greece and Rome but in India, Persia, and China, the poet was often seen less as a visionary than as a ...
- Baring their souls - Guardian Unlimited
Fifteen years ago the music world was turned upside down with the release of Liz Phair's album, Exile in Guyville. Written in response to the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street (both were double albums, 18 tracks long), it matched that record in ...
- Pupils are the write stuff (EveningTimes Online)
THESE youngsters may all still be at primary school - but they're already published poets. Inspired by one of their teachers, the pupils have put their own experiences of life into verse.
- Coulter vs. Kausfiles - Slate
Ann Coulter responds , on behalf of getdrunkandvote4mccain.com, to the argument that conservatives should consider that McCain is more likely than Obama to actually enact "comprehensive immigration reform" with its misguided semi-amnesty for illegal ...
- Book tells of local pair's interracial friendship - Arlington Heights Post
In their new book, Growing Up Ebony and Ivory: A Conversation Between Two Women , published by AuthorHouse, local residents Lim DePriest and Joyce Elizabeth Norman chronicle their interracial friendship. DePriest is a graduate of Mundelein College ...
- The Romance of Astrea and Celadon - guardian.co.uk
The Romance of Astrea and Celadonguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago... its faith in poetry and idealism; it is performed with serene confidence and poise, and succeeds in being gently affecting, mysterious and often erotic. ...
- Canadian fans are rabid in red - SLAM! Sports
SHUNYI, China – Soon after claiming her medal, on our nation's best day at these Olympics, Tracy Cameron was the toast of the rabid band of Canadian fans who took over the stands. Tracy also had to deliver the beer. Canadian rowing boosters have ...
- Walking on air (Salon.com)
Twin towers wire-walker Philippe Petit and "Man on Wire" director James Marsh talk about taking risks and making magic in troubled times.
- Zimbabwe: Tuku - 56 Years, 56 Albums (AllAfrica.com)
MUSIC superstar Oliver Mtukudzi celebrates his 56th birthday this month with the release of his 56th album.
- Ramblings from Hell (The Tech)
By S. Campbell Proehl STAFF COLUMNIST Last Wednesday my poetry professor gave me an assignment: Keep a poetry journal, write a poem a day, or write poems at different times of the day. See what happens in the pages over seven days.
- 'Crazy Stairs': Surgical poetry (Erie Times-News)
Serious, funny, tragic, modern. Take the trip offered by Geoff Peterson in his new poetry book, "Crazy Stairs" (AuthorHouse, $10.49), and you'll return shaken, but wise. Imagine poetry that works like surgery. Take a deep breath.
- Student mags at writers festival - Berwick News
Berwick NewsStudent mags at writers festivalBerwick News, Australia - 9 hours agoFLY magazine showcases the best non-fiction writing of Chisholm students. Pendulum contains all types of fictional writing, including poetry. ...
- View From Sunnybank: Gardener meets alien (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
'Are you the lady of the house? I wonder; why must I ring the bell? It makes such a racket in this peaceful place, and frankly, makes me wince ..." Good question. First, as this is private space, the family likes to know when visitors have entered. Sunnybank House is big, so sometimes it's hard to hear visitors as they chat and laugh, or comment, announcing their presence; with the bell to help ...
- Poetic return for city native (North Adams Transcript)
NORTH ADAMS -- A North Adams native and Drury High School graduate will return to the city on Saturday to share her poetry with a community she hid it from while growing up.
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