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1 hr ago | Wandsworth Guardian

Putney primary pupil picks up poetry prize

Freya Murphy's winning poem, Creepy Crawlies, is about a cockroach and will be published in the next book in the Felicity Fly series.

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Sat May 25, 2013

Portsmouth Daily Times

Let's Talk Poetry: When Angels Cry

What could make an angel cry? What could bring one of these ethereal beings - that literature tells us possess great wisdom and heavenly vision - to tears? Whether you believe in angels or not, maybe the notion is simply to ponder what on this earth could be sad enough to conjure the image of angels weeping.

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Related Topix: Arts, Newtown, CT

Portsmouth Daily Times

Let's Talk Poetry: For Our Heroes

What is a hero? Is it a superstar athlete who can jump higher and run faster than the average man? Is it a glamorous woman with all the right curves and a megawatt smile who acts on the big screen? Is it a person who can paint or write or compose masterpieces of fine art? Sometimes we throw the title of "hero" around too haphazardly.

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Post and Courier

The Cooper School to receive first-place honor for literary magazine a oePass It Ona

Fifth-grader Carson Stehling read her literary-magazine poem aloud Friday at The Cooper School, whose students won the first-place award for a student-produced magazine from the South Carolina Independent School Association.

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Related Topix: Arts, Charleston County, SC

Daily Kos

Books Go Boom! Bob Dylan's Birthday: Are Rock Lyrics Poetry?

In one sense, no - they're incomplete without music. Lyrics are written for performance, backed by or woven into a wall of sound.

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Related Topix: Arts, US News, Liberal Political News

Cape Gazette

Rehoboth Beach Writers' Guild offers poetry classes starting June 3

The Rehoboth Beach Writers' Guild is kicking off its summer creative writing classes with two poetry classes - one a workshop, the other a discussion group - designed to inspire and motivate writers of all skill levels and genres.

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Related Topix: Arts, Rehoboth Beach, DE

OregonLive.com

Poetry: 'Guillemot Legend' by Mara Forsythe-Crane

Guillemot Legend In an Inuit story, a sorcerer decides to punish the villagers. He turns all the children into birds and away they fly, on a long journey across day, night, night, day, into an unknown land.

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Related Topix: Arts, Portland, OR

Star-Telegram.com

Words of American poet have special meaning in time of mourning

In a ninth-grade literature class, I was assigned a poem that didn't make any sense to me, although I was intrigued by its title.

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Related Topix: Arts, Granbury, TX, US Military, US Air Force, Dover Air Force Base

Times-series.co.uk

Half term fun in Barnet

A medley of jazz, folk, big-band and world music from brilliant young talents. From Barnet the Queen Elizabeth's School Big Band, directed by Kieron Howe, joins forces with the Choir of St Margaret's School Bushey, under the direction of Ian Hope.

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Related Topix: Greater London County, England, Hertfordshire County, England, United Kingdom, The Big Band, Jazz, World News, Arts, Life, Hobbies, Crafts,

Lite 98.7

11 Examples of Hilarious Kid Poetry

It's no secret kids are smart little nuggets. For starters, they're chock-full of helpful logic and know how to fool parents with a fib.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Shrewsbury teacher wins poetry prize

The Worcester County Poetry Association announced this week that Ann Sweetman of Shrewsbury, a high school English teacher in the Worcester Public Schools, has won the 2013 Frank O'Hara Prize for poetry.

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Examiner.com

The excellent poetry of Daniel McGinn-Los Angeles poetry examiner's Friday pick

Daniel McGinn is a phenomenal poet. He writes from a whole other planet that strangely enough, shares our same moon.

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The Recorder

Poet's Seat Poetry Contest

In contrast to this brief poem with its short, succinct lines, "A lot of my poems are really long," Gouch said.

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Related Topix: Arts, Greenfield, MA, Agriculture, Science, Bernardston, MA, Sunderland, MA, Deerfield, MA

Penn State

Professor publishes fourth book of poetry

Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies, has had his fourth book of poems, "In the Kingdom of the Ditch," published by Michigan State University Press.

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The Mountaineer Publishing Company

Poetry Reading

Keith Flynn Saturday, May 25 3:00 pm Keith Flynn will read from his new collection of poetry, Colony Collapse Disorder at Blue Ridge Books.

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The Guardian

Salt abandons single-author collections amid poetry market slump

As figures show tumbling sales for poetry , authors including poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy are mourning news that one of the UK's most energetic independent publishers can no longer afford to publish individual collections.

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The Basic 12

Gakenke: school competitions are healthy - vice mayor

Having school competitions helps students to study well. This was said by Zephyrin Ntakirutimana the vice mayor for social affairs in Gakenke district during the closure of the Habitation in settlement villages competition on the 21st.May.2013. Ntakirutimana asked the youth to polish their compositions to compete well on the Western Provincial on ... (more)

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family, Arts

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

St. Joe student wins MLK poetry contest

St. Joseph Elementary School third-grader Aiden Tyrin is the grand prize winner for Hawaii in the 14th annual nationwide Dr.

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Related Topix: Arts, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Neil Abercrombie, Democrat, US Governors, Lahaina, HI

Thu May 23, 2013

West Seattle Blog

'Power of poetry' at Denny International Middle School Poetry Slam

With just weeks to go until they move on from Denny International Middle School , headed for high school, dozens of young poets have just put on quite a show.

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RollingStone

Wrote a Song for Everyone

In the late Sixties and early Seventies, John Fogerty was rock & roll's Voice of America.

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Related Topix: John Fogerty, Pop/Rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Arts, Creedence, Keith Urban, Country, Foo Fighters, Music, Entertainment