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| Stealthy Insights Amid Short Phrases |
A nearly career-spanning collection of compact and refined poetry by Kay Ryan, the poet laureate of the United States.
Date: Mar 4,2010 09:00 pm
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| I Was the One Reading Andrew Marvell. You Were . . . |
From the Missed Connections section of newyork.craigslist.org, pleas for the clock to turn back.
Date: Feb 20,2010 09:00 pm
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| Life With Death |
Thomas Lynch, a poet and a mortician, looks unblinkingly at death. But nihilism is nowhere in these stories, and love is everywhere embraced.
Date: Feb 20,2010 09:00 pm
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| Lucille Clifton, Poet Who Explored Intricacies of Black Lives, Dies at 73 |
Ms. Clifton was a distinguished American poet whose work trained lenses wide and narrow on the experience of being black and female in the 20th century.
Date: Feb 16,2010 09:00 pm
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| Sidewalk Verse in St. Paul |
The city of St. Paul has announced the third year of a sidewalk poetry contest.
Date: Feb 14,2010 09:00 pm
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| Three Poems by Tato Laviera |
Three poems by Tato Laviera, whose work bridges New York and Puerto Rico, English and Spanish.
Date: Feb 12,2010 09:00 pm
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| Poet Spans Two Worlds, but Has a Home in Neither |
Tato Laviera was rendered homeless after emergency brain surgery left him unable to maneuver in his apartment.
Date: Feb 12,2010 09:00 pm
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| Truth or Dare |
Poems that shun trickery and flirt with both beauty and boredom.
Date: Feb 6,2010 09:00 pm
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| You-Caught-My-Eyes as Creative Kindling |
The Missed Connections listings on Craigslist have inspired the work of New York City artists, comics and playwrights.
Date: Feb 6,2010 09:00 pm
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| The Free Verse Is in Aisle 3 |
Tony Hoagland’s erudite comic poems are backloaded with heartache and longing.
Date: Feb 4,2010 09:00 pm
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| Classical Azeri Poetry in Song, From a Team of Father and Daughter - New York Times |
Classical Azeri Poetry in Song, From a Team of Father and DaughterNew York TimesThe poetry's longing, pain and spiritual seeking became raw and immediate, arriving in bursts of improvisation that made every phrase leap out. ...
Date: Mar 15,2010 02:15 pm
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| 2 area students head to poetry state finals - Myrtle Beach Sun News |
2 area students head to poetry state finalsMyrtle Beach Sun NewsTwo area high school students will compete with eight others in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals Saturday at the Columbia Museum of Art, according to a ...Fulton Independent School Student to Compete in Kentucky Finals of Poetry Out ...SurfPaducahPA Council on the Arts: Monroe County Student is 'Poetry Out Loud' State ChampionPR Newswire (press release)all 8 news articles »
Date: Mar 15,2010 10:11 am
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| Poet to receive ND's 2010 Laetare Medal - South Bend Tribune |
Poet to receive ND's 2010 Laetare MedalSouth Bend TribuneHe also served as poetry and literary editor for numerous magazines and won recognition for his own poems, including the Frederick Bock Award for Poetry in ...Abortion foe will now accept Notre Dame's Laetare MedalFort Wayne Journal GazetteNotre Dame giving Laetare Medal to former National Endowment for the Arts ...Fox 59Notre Dame to Finally Give Medal After Protest Following Barack Obama SpeechLifeNews.comCommonweal (blog)all 15 news articles »
Date: Mar 15,2010 11:10 am
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| Win in poetry recital follows tough loss on basketball court - Dayton Daily News |
Win in poetry recital follows tough loss on basketball courtDayton Daily NewsThen, she went to Columbus and won a statewide poetry-reciting contest Saturday, entitling her to compete in a national poetry event in Washington, DC, ...and more »
Date: Mar 14,2010 05:11 pm
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| Student to compete in state poetry finals - Berkshire Eagle |
Student to compete in state poetry finalsBerkshire EagleTo learn more on the state competition, visit www.huntington theatre.org/education/poetry.aspx For more information about the national Poetry Out Loud ...Students compete in poetryTopeka Capital JournalLake Oswego student wins Poetry Out Loud statewide contestStatesman JournalLakeridge junior wins state Poetry Out Loud contestLake Oswego Reviewkgw.com -WCTV -OregonLive.comall 11 news articles »
Date: Mar 14,2010 05:16 am
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| Poetry, Prose and Performance March 25 - Anderson Independent Mail |
Poetry, Prose and Performance March 25Anderson Independent MailThe Poetry, Prose & Performance will begin at 5:30 pm in the museum's LaVonne Nalley Piper Auditorium. Students from the Middle and High School Creative ...
Date: Mar 15,2010 02:41 pm
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| Capital Community College Hosts Poetry Reading April 14 - Hartford Courant |
Capital Community College Hosts Poetry Reading April 14Hartford CourantTo mark the occasion of National Poetry Month, the Humanities Department of Capital Community College will host "Celebrating the Spoken Word" on Wednesday, ...
Date: Mar 15,2010 01:20 pm
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| Work by Douglas Kearney to be discussed at Poetry Roundtable - Journal Times |
Work by Douglas Kearney to be discussed at Poetry RoundtableJournal TimesRACINE — Teen and adult poetry enthusiasts are invited to attend the Racine Public Library's Poetry Roundtable to enjoy a lively discussion of some of ...
Date: Mar 15,2010 08:51 am
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| NEWSMAKER - China's Wen wraps populist agenda in poetry - Malaysia Star |
Malaysia StarNEWSMAKER - China's Wen wraps populist agenda in poetryMalaysia StarBEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao displayed the showmanship and soft-edged populism on Sunday that has drawn both devotees and ...and more »
Date: Mar 14,2010 12:43 am
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| Keeping coffee house poetry alive - Independent Collegian (subscription) |
Keeping coffee house poetry aliveIndependent Collegian (subscription)Kafe Kerouac is an established cafe and poetry bar located on High Street in Columbus, Ohio just off of campus. Kafe Kerouac is dedicated to ...
Date: Mar 15,2010 06:21 am
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| Lakeridge junior Brynn Tran wins state Poetry Out Loud contest (The Oregonian) |
Brynn Tran, a 16-year-old junior at Lake Oswego's Lakeridge High School, won the state Poetry Out Loud competition Saturday in Salem and will represent Oregon at the national finals next month in Washington, D.C.
Date: Mar 15,2010 02:12 pm
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| Poetry, Prose and Performance March 25 (Anderson Independent-Mail) |
The public is invited to join friends of the Pickens County Museum of Art & History and the School District of Pickens County for an evening of poetry and prose on Thursday, March 25.
Date: Mar 15,2010 02:33 pm
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| 2 area students head to poetry state finals (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) |
Two area high school students will compete with eight others in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals Sat
Date: Mar 15,2010 10:10 am
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| âGirl Talkâ poetry reading Saturday at West Caldwell library (The Progress) |
West Caldwell twp. – In honor of Women’s History Month, 30 women poets from throughout New Jersey will read some of their published poems during “Girl Talk: A Women’s Poetry Reading” at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 13 in the Community Room of the West Caldwell Public Library, 30 Clinton Road.
Date: Mar 15,2010 11:03 am
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| Work by Douglas Kearney to be discussed at Poetry Roundtable (The Journal Times) |
RACINE — Teen and adult poetry enthusiasts are invited to attendthe Racine Public Library’s Poetry Roundtable to enjoy a livelydiscussion of some of today’s most intriguing poets. It will beheld from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at Cup of Hope, 507Sixth St. These free events focus on contemporary American poetry,highlighting a different poet at each meeting. As a group,participants will ...
Date: Mar 15,2010 08:35 am
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| PA Council on the Arts: Monroe County Student is 'Poetry Out Loud' State Champion (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) |
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Angela Goldberg, a Pleasant Valley School District senior from Monroe County, today won the state finals of the 2010 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, according to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Date: Mar 15,2010 12:47 pm
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| Poetry casts a spell at Vernon High (The Advertiser-News) |
Students enthralled by classic poems Vernon - It was a day like no other at Vernon Township High School as 50 students celebrated poetry by memorizing classic poems and reciting them on the stage alone, with the spotlight and an audience of hundreds of their peers putting additional pressure on them. An uncharacteristically still audience watched and listened to their brave friends and classmates.
Date: Mar 15,2010 02:50 am
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| Win in poetry recital follows tough loss on basketball court (Dayton Daily News) |
DAYTON — Lynsay Strahorn was dejected after her Chaminade Julienne High School girls’ basketball team lost a close game Friday night, March 12, to rival Alter High. Then, she went to Columbus and won a statewide poetry-reciting contest Saturday, entitling her to compete in a national poetry event in Washington, D.C., in late April.“It’s been quite a weekend, it’s been a roller-coaster,” Strahorn ...
Date: Mar 14,2010 02:03 pm
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| WORKSHOP: Teachers' poetry workshop with author Eric Ode tomorrow (Pacific Daily News) |
Author, songwriter and poet Eric Ode will conduct a hands-on poetry workshop for teachers from 3 to 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Agana Heights Elementary School.
Date: Mar 14,2010 09:41 pm
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| Shenandoah Announces Winners Of Fiction, Essay, Poetry Prizes For 2009 (Rockbridge Weekly) |
SHENANDOAH: The Washington and Lee University Review announces the winners of its annual fiction, essay and poetry prizes for 2009. The annual prizes are given for the best short story, essay and poem or group of poems published in Shenandoah during a volume year. There is no application process.
Date: Mar 14,2010 09:10 am
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