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- Former Highway Superintendent Found Dead Shortly After Receiving Prison Sentence (East Aurora Advertiser)
Former Marilla Highway Superintendent David Pierce is the victim of an apparent suicide, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed. Pierce on Monday was sentenced to seven months in prison for improper use of Highway Department equipment and personnel and the theft of town funds through a fraudulent invoice scheme. The judge also ordered him to make payments well over $20,000 in restitution.
- 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 ...
- Scott Asheton (L), Iggy Pop and Ron Asheton - Montreal Mirror
Montreal MirrorScott Asheton (L), Iggy Pop and Ron AshetonMontreal Mirror, Canada - 3 hours agoIt’s rockin’, it’s got Iggy reading some poetry—well, not reading, actually, but just making it up as he goes along, improvising poetry. ...
- Community life is a piece of cake - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldCommunity life is a piece of cakeSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 2 hours agoFrom the research, the very first time that her poetry was criticised . . . she stopped writing. It was too much for her . . . But if she'd really had the ...
- Senior citizens pursuing education from home - Lawrence Journal World
Senior citizens pursuing education from homeLawrence Journal World, KS - 10 hours agoThe curriculum includes more than 250 courses and runs the gamut from understanding feng shui and poetry writing to discussions on moral, ...
- Letters share sense of curiosity, wonder - StarPhoenix
Letters share sense of curiosity, wonderStarPhoenix, Canada - 15 minutes agoTwo things are clear about Evans in reading this collection of stories, prose and poetry: He loves to write and he loves to learn. ...
- Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 - The Resident
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008The Resident, CT - 1 hour agoby Roger Zotti Writing poetry always came easily for Kathryn Kozlicky, author of “Confessions†(PublishAmerica). “I would love to write a story, ...
- Jessica Jones Live at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC (All About Jazz)
The first notes of Candace Jones' voice hit me like a tornado. Sure, they were sung softly, but that did not lessen their impact. I smiled to myself. So much beauty in the world.
- The Olympic winner who didn't get to be Tarzan - OCRegister
The Olympic winner who didn't get to be TarzanOCRegister, CA - 39 minutes agoThrough the poetry emerges a portrait of a man at times roiled by pain and even in fear of the end of life. Yet Bragg's words speak of challenging oneself ...
- Zimbabwe: Poet Gwariwa Set to Scale Loftier Heights (AllAfrica.com)
GIFT Gwariwa, a Chitungwiza-based performance poet popular for his tribute poem Tamirira Mharidzo dedicated to and featured on sungura musician Cephas Mashakada's album, Zita Rine Zvarinoreva, has done it again.
- Said Lecture Features Music, Recollections - CU Columbia Spectator
CU Columbia SpectatorSaid Lecture Features Music, RecollectionsCU Columbia Spectator, NY - 1 hour agoAfter Azmeh, Syrian poet Adonis came onstage with CK Williams, an American poet and professor of creative writing at Princeton University. ...
- Highs -- and Lows -- in the 20s - Washington Post
Washington PostHighs -- and Lows -- in the 20sWashington Post, United States - 3 hours agoThe effect is that of illustrated poetry. A word scrawled in ink or painted on canvas delivers very different meaning. Some suggest interior monologues, ...
- Sustainable Life Calendar - Sherwood Gazette
Sherwood GazetteSustainable Life CalendarSherwood Gazette, OR - 17 minutes ago... www.belmontbusiness.org, 503-774-2832 The Friends of William Stafford, Oregon’s celebrated poet laureate, will hold its third annual Poetry and Potluck. ...
- China says tainted milk scandal spreading - Hartford Courant
Tainted milk formula in China has killed three babies in a spreading scandal that has revealed that one-fifth of dairy companies tested nationwide have sold products tainted with a chemical that has sickened more than 6,200 children. Li Changjiang ...
- Poetry Out Loud Contest Now Open - St. Ignace News (subscription)
Poetry Out Loud Contest Now OpenSt. Ignace News (subscription), USA - 5 hours agoThe fourth annual Poetry Out Loud state poetry recitation competition is open to all Michigan high school students. Each participating high school will ...
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