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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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| Park Poetry Out Loud Regional Winner Is Runner-Up At State Event - Park University |
Park Poetry Out Loud Regional Winner Is Runner-Up At State EventPark UniversitySiera Willis, a sophomore at Main Street Academy in Grandview, placed as the runner-up at the Missouri Poetry ...Poetry CompetitionKXNet.comJohnston to vie for state poetry titleBrandon Valley ChallengerMcPhee third in state Poetry Out Loud competitionMorris Sun TribuneColumbus Local News (registration) -Kansas City infoZine -Opelika Auburn Newsall 11 news articles »
Date: Mar 10,2010 09:41 am
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| Split the Rock Poetry Festival Opening Night - Washington Post |
Split the Rock Poetry Festival Opening NightWashington PostWhen poet E. Ethelbert Miller launched into his rapid-fire rendition of Langston Hughes's "Big Buddy" at the first Split This Rock poetry festival in March ...
Date: Mar 10,2010 07:45 am
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| Weaving ups, downs into award-winning poetry - San Francisco Chronicle |
Weaving ups, downs into award-winning poetrySan Francisco ChronicleUniversity of San Francisco Associate Professor DA Powell is up for the National Book Critics Circle's poetry award this year for his latest book, "Chronic. ...and more »
Date: Mar 9,2010 08:35 am
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| Hinesburg student wins Cabot poetry prize - BurlingtonFreePress.com |
Hinesburg student wins Cabot poetry prizeBurlingtonFreePress.comGlover, a Hinesburg Community School fifth-grader, won first place in the Cabot Creamery Cooperative's "Butter Up The World" poetry contest recently and his ...and more »
Date: Mar 10,2010 03:12 am
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| paws for poetry 2010 - Tucson Citizen |
Tucson Citizenpaws for poetry 2010Tucson CitizenThe third annual Paws for Poetry Contest is open to kids ages 5 to 12. Kids write a poem to and provide a photo of their pet for a chance to win the grand ...and more »
Date: Mar 10,2010 09:21 am
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| Vinton's Cowboy Poetry rides again - Plumas County Newspapers |
Vinton's Cowboy Poetry rides againPlumas County NewspapersVinton's Cowboy Poetry show is the eastern Plumas event that keeps going and going and going. Now in its 24th year, the show featuring a taste of the Old ...
Date: Mar 10,2010 10:54 am
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| 'Insides She Swallowed': Utep professor publishes book of poetry - what's up |
what's up'Insides She Swallowed': Utep professor publishes book of poetrywhat's up“I remember one of the rejections of this book: 'We'd like to publish this but we just can't make poetry work financially.'” Reading poetry may not be on a ...
Date: Mar 10,2010 09:02 am
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| 2010 Poetry Omnibus winners announced - Capital City Weekly |
2010 Poetry Omnibus winners announcedCapital City WeeklyJUNEAU - The 2010 Juneau Poetry Omnibus competition is coming to a close this weekend with a formal poetry reading and reception for the winning entrants. ...
Date: Mar 10,2010 09:09 am
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| Poetry Slammer To Perform In MCLA Gallery 51 - iBerkshires.com |
iBerkshires.comPoetry Slammer To Perform In MCLA Gallery 51iBerkshires.comPoetry slammer Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo will be the featured performer at this year's MCLA Presents! Sekou Sundiata Evening of Poetry and the Spoken Word on ...
Date: Mar 10,2010 08:00 am
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| Junya Watanabe, poetry in motion - Los Angeles Times |
Junya Watanabe, poetry in motionLos Angeles TimesIt's always such a pleasure to see designer Junya Watanabe make poetry out of cloth, working and reworking a theme in a thousand original ways. ...and more »
Date: Mar 8,2010 03:56 pm
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| McNeeley has book of poetry published (Holbrook Sun) |
It took him 13 years, but John McNeeley had his first book of poetry published earlier this year.
Date: Mar 10,2010 11:31 am
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| Vinton’s Cowboy Poetry rides again (Plumas County News) |
Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 3/10/2010 Vinton’s Cowboy Poetry show is the eastern Plumas event that keeps going and going and going. Now in its 24th year, the show featuring a taste of the Old West will return March 19 – 20 to the Sierra Valley Grange on Highway 70.
Date: Mar 10,2010 11:42 am
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| Earth Day Art/Poetry contest deadline March 17 (Mountain Xpress) |
There’s only one week left to submit for RiverLink’s 3rd Annual Earth Day Art and Poetry Contest! Submission deadline is Wednesday, March 17, say contest sponsors RiverLink. Categories include: • Poetry and Writing • 2D Art • 3D Art • Photography • Bookmark Art Drop submissions off at RiverLink 170 Lyman Street Ashevile, NC 28801 or mail them to P.O. Box 15488 Asheville, NC 28813 ...
Date: Mar 10,2010 10:16 am
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| 2010 Poetry Omnibus winners announced (Capital City Weekly) |
JUNEAU - The 2010 Juneau Poetry Omnibus competition is coming to a close this weekend with a formal poetry reading and reception for the winning entrants.
Date: Mar 10,2010 09:00 am
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| Hinesburg student wins Cabot poetry prize (The Burlington Free Press) |
Cabot butter boxes will be a bit more literary in April thanks to Jackson Glover. Glover, a Hinesburg Community School fifth-grader, won first place in the Cabot Creamery Cooperative's "Butter Up The World" poetry contest recently and his poem will be featured on the newly designed boxes.
Date: Mar 10,2010 04:57 am
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| Music and poetry in harmony Sunday in Chatham Township (Chatham Courier) |
CHATHAM TWP. – Music will join with poetry in a collaborative performance by three area groups beginning at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 7, at the Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township.
Date: Mar 10,2010 06:37 am
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| Area wordsmiths honored in annual poetry contest (McKinney Courier-Gazette) |
To kick off a day full of awards for the arts, poets from around the area gathered Sunday at Heard-Craig Hall in McKinney to see whose pen was the mightiest in the 39th Annual Collin County Poetry Contest.
Date: Mar 9,2010 10:56 pm
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| Poetry Competition (KX TV North Dakota) |
Students from across the state are in Bismarck today, giving words a voice. The North Dakota Council on the Arts is hosting the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. The competition is part of a national program that encourages high school stu
Date: Mar 9,2010 05:06 pm
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| Shanley student wins poetry contest (The Bismarck Tribune) |
A Shanley High School student advanced to the National Poetry Out Loud recitation contest. The state final was Tuesday at the North Dakota Heritage Center.
Date: Mar 9,2010 03:30 pm
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| Kansas Arts Commission 2010 Poetry Out Loud State Final Competition (Kansas City InfoZine) |
The Poetry Out Loud program encourages Kansas high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance and competition.
Date: Mar 9,2010 03:57 am
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