Poetry News

KUALA LUMPUR: The amount being spent to raise the status of Bahasa Malaysia should be equivalent to that of an allocation to strengthen the command of English, said national laureate Datuk A. Samad Said.

May was the month of the Great Flooring Adventure. If you remember we yanked out, pulled up, sawed into, and basically dragged out the former carpet and linoleum to make room for laminate and tile.

James Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He was the second child of Caroline Mercer Langston, who was a school teacher, and James Nathaniel Hughes, who was a shopkeeper.

Five young students from California to New York were named the winners of the American Pet Products Association's first-ever National Children's Pet Poetry Contest.

GRAFFITI poets saw their attempt at - direct communication' erased in Ledbury. Lines from Robert Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken, were painted across pavements early on Sunday morning - " then cleaned off by Herefordshire Council .

YOUNG people from Ledbury are expressing themselves at this yeara TMs Ledbury Poetry Festival by performing their own style of poetry a ' rap.

Students from Cape Educational COMPACT, Cape May County High School and Ocean Academy participated in a yearlong study of poetry.

Saturday, July 04, 2009 Schezee Zaidi Islamabad Eminent literati and journalists paid rich tributes to renowned journalist and poet Kaleem Omar during a reference organised in his memory by the Pakistan Academy of Letters here.

W HEN SOMEONE close to you dies, it's always strange, even if they were old and in poor health and you knew it was coming.

Russell Smith Last updated on Friday, Jun. 26, 2009 05:59AM EDT S ome genius has put up a website that will please anglophiles and poetry lovers.

Whether it's in his newly adopted role as Edmonton's poet laureate or his day job as one of Canada's more innovative hip-hop artists, Roland Pemberton has never been particularly interested in tradition.

Monday was the final day of the US Supreme Court's current term. It was also Justice David Souter's last day on the job after 19 years as a Supreme Court justice.

To mark the occasion, Chief Justice John Roberts prepared a letter to Justice Souter, signed by the eight other justices and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor:

"We deeply value the times we have shared in judicial service," it says in part. "We understand your desire to trade white marble for White Mountains, and return to your land 'of easy wind and downy flake.'"

My name is Ameenullah Watanpal. I have just arrived from Kandahar,' announced the young enthusiastic poet, about 24, after he was invited to the stage to read his poem to the Afghan Adabi Baheer s weekly gathering at a local school.

LAWRENCE a ' Kansas will get a new poet laureate this week. The current holder of that position, Denise Low, ends her two-year term Wednesday.

Hurry, hurry, you'll be late for your test If you don't hurry, you won't rest The results of your test, you'll detest Hurry for school, do it in haste If you don't hurry, time is awaste Run to school, do it swiftly Get there quickly, very quickly!! Velocity is important to be on time If you are late, it's almost a crime If you are driving, do not ...

Of all the First World War poets, Siegfried Sassoon is not only the most accessible but also the most pivotal, illustrating changing attitudes to the war as it unfolded.

A couple weeks back on the Seattle Poetry Chain, Michael Rust wrote about a traffic jam and a lightning storm.

The Sidewalk Poetry project, conceived and managed by Saint Paul Artist in Residence, Marcus Young, kicks off its second year with today's announcement.

A POEM about a World War Two battle has won Burgess Hill school girl Sarah Lucas a top prize.

Four, a quartet of well-worded women, unleash expressive iambic pentameter at the New Hope Arts Center's Arts Cafe at 4 p.m. Sunday.