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6 hrs ago | The Independent

Book Review / Poetry lovers tricked by a drowned manuscript:...

BOOK REVIEW / Poetry lovers tricked by a drowned manuscript: Samarkand - Amin Maalouf, Tr.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opinion

10 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Woman, 92, pens poetry

Topekan Peg Penry has just published her fifth book of poetry, this one a collection of religious verse she has written through the years.

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Related Topix: Arts, Topeka, KS

17 hrs ago | Witney Gazette

Dyslexic girl wins poetry prize

A DYSLEXIC youngster has won first prize in a national poetry competition. Brigid Davidson, from Chipping Norton, won first place in the Charley Boorman Poetry Competition, organised by Dyslexia Action as part of Dyslexia Awareness Week.

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Related Topix: Arts, Oxfordshire County, England, United Kingdom

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Flypaper

Alicia Keys To Launch Jewelry Line

Next week, the 12-time Grammy Award-winning songstress will introduce a jewelry collection called The Barber's Daughters.

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Related Topix: Arts

Sutton Guardian

Berkoff's poetry emotion at Book Now

Steven Berkoff is best known for his work in the theatre as a writer, director and performer.

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Monterey County Weekly

Big Sur's Carolyn Mary Kleefeld expands her churning catalog of poetry and art with Vagabond Dawns.

Big Sur poet and artist Carolyn Mary Kleefeld can often be found on the cliffs of Big Sur reading poetry to a resident condor.

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Related Topix: Big Sur, CA, Arts, Santa Monica, CA, Beverly Hills, CA

Wed Nov 18, 2009

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Poetry Contest for New Hampshire Students

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire is sponsoring two contests for New Hampshire students, one for Grades 1 - 8 and one for High School.

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Related Topix: Arts, Farmington, NH

MinnPost.com

Nicaragua: poetry, politics & change

About once a month, we'll ask two booksellers a ' one independent and one chain a ' for current best-sellers. The specific booksellers will change every month.

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Related Topix: Arts, 9, Buffalo, MN, Bemidji, MN

Examiner.com

YARN features 'The Moon' poetry contest for teens

A new site designed for young writers, YARN will debut this winter, and to kick the site off with a bang, they're asking for input from teens with a poetry contest inspired by New Moon: Theme of poem: The Moon Deadline: Nov.

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Related Topix: Arts

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The News

Iqbal's poetry gala

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 By Our Correspondent LAHORE The poetry of Allama Muhammad Iqbal resounded in the Government College University on Monday as the varsity's music society held an event to pay tribute to the national poet.

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Midsussex Today

PICTURES: Poetry week at Worthing school

YOUNGSTERS dressed up as old and new nursery rhyme characters to round off a special week.

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Deseret Morning News

BYU Studies essay, poetry contest deadline approaching

It's easy. Send a link to the story you were just reading to a friend. Just fill out the form on this page and we'll send it along.

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Related Topix: Arts, Brigham Young University

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Southampton Press

Wit and scholarship illuminate Appleman's eighth collection of poetry

A lifetime of scholarship meets acerbic wit in "Karma, Dharma, Pudding & Pie" the newest volume of poetry from local writer Philip Appleman.

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Related Topix: Arts, Nonfiction

The Hindu

Poetry of pain

Asghar Wajahat's "Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya O Janmyai Nai", presented by SRC Repertory at its auditorium this past week, is a tour de force.

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Related Topix: Arts

Lisburn Today

Patrick celebrates McIntyre poetry award

PATRICK McManus from Our Lady Queen of Peace, Dunmurry is celebrating not only his overall win in the inaugural McIntyre Poetry Awards, but Patrick can now proudly view his winning poem alongside other finalists in the all new publication 'Primary Poetry for All' which has just gone on sale at Ireland's leading bookstore Eason.

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Related Topix: Arts, Down County, Northern Ireland,

Associated Content

Poetry Summary and Analysis: Sine Qua Non by A.E. Stallings

A.E. Stallings is an author of a poem entitled "Sine Qua Non." The title is in Latin, and translates to "without which not" which means something that is indispensible, necessary.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Surroundings

Poetry at the... GRV and a Poetry LoveFest

Another good night at Poetry at theGRV on Sunday evening. Each poet was distinctive - from Morgan Downie and his island poems to Tessa Ransford, who read a miscellany of work from several decades, to Robert Alan Jamieson, whose commentary on 'the language question', illustrated starkly in the poems, made for a thought provoking and memorable set.

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The New Zealand Herald

Poetry with music

Like Fiona Farrell, Bernadette Hall spent six months in Ireland courtesy of the Rathcoola Fellowship, and like Farrell, she has produced a superb new collection of poems that feed off the Irish experience.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting

Tallahassee.com

Let's hear it for jazz poetry, sultry blues and Terrace spews

The Beat Generation poets got co-opted by the mainstream so quickly back in the '50s that it evidently made Allen Ginsberg's hair frizz up and fall out.

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Related Topix: Arts, Steve Allen, Jazz, Wedding, Shaker Heights, OH

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Examiner.com

Poetry News November 16, 2009

Spoken word events are so prolific in the Pioneer Valley and beyond, all you need to do is flip over one of the turning leaves and you'll find a poem.

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Related Topix: Arts, Boston, MA, Greenfield, MA, Pittsfield, MA, Northampton, MA, Holyoke, MA

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