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Results 1 - 20 of 11,305 in Poetry

  1. Who needs Rio when you've got St Paul's?Read the original story

    4 min ago | The Bristol Evening Post

    ... lovely to come to a place like this and see everyone having a good time." In St Paul's Park poet Lawrence Hoo led a poetry corner, and in St Agnes Park was Mandela Highway, an area where children enjoyed Afrikan drumming, dance, face painting and ...

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    Related Topix: Bristol, England, Bristol County, England, Somerset County, England, World News, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom, Gloucestershire County, England, London, England, Essex County, England, Greater London County, England, Bath, England

  2. Interview with Emanuel XavierRead the original story w/Photo

    27 min ago | La Bloga

    Born in Brooklyn, New York, Emanuel Xavier is the author of the poetry collection Americano , editor of Bullets & Butterflies: Queer Spoken Word Poetry and Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry .

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    Related Topix: Arts, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Gay/Lesbian, Transgendered

  3. Pair win Grimsby In Bloom contestRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | This Is Grimsby

    ... achievement when you grow your own meals, and it also keeps you very fit." Jane won the competition by entering a poetry tie-breaker and came up with this poem: Let's bring Grimsby back into bloom, As we leave behind the doom and gloom, An allotment ...

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    Related Topix: Grimsby, England, World News, England, United Kingdom, Lincolnshire County, England, United Kingdom, North East Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Home Gardening, Home

  4. Out & AboutRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Daily Breeze

    ... the Torrance Library's summer programs. Henderson Branch Library, 4805 Emerald St., Torrance. 2 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Poetry reading. Redondo Poets poetry open-mike reading. Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach. 8:10 p.m. Tuesdays. Sign ...

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    Related Topix: San Pedro, CA, Torrance, CA, Redondo Beach, CA, Gardena, CA, Rolling Hills Estates, CA

  5. Area inmates find freedom through musicRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Daily Progress

    ... and musicians have been collaborating to create music that can be enjoyed by the community. The weekly Music and Poetry Class, which started meeting in April, gives the inmates a lyrical and musical outlet for their thoughts. A self-described ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, Charlottesville, VA, Arts

  6. Henderson story festival debuts SaturdayRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... Bayne, the festival's director and organizer. 'This free event will be a day filled with kids' activities, laughter, poetry, short stories and tall tales.' Bayne put at least a year's time and effort into creating the event, which will feature 13 ...

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    Related Topix: Hendersonville, NC, Family, Arts, Kids, Candler, NC, Henderson County, NC, Flat Rock, NC

  7. David Foster Wallace on the importance of writing within formal constraintsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | GranneBlog

    You're probably right about appreciating limits. The sixties' movement in poetry to radical free verse, in fiction to radically experimental recursive forms - their legacy to my generation of would-be artists is at least an incentive to ask very seriously where literary art's true relation to limits should be.

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  8. The poetry of religion, and other poemsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Internet Archive

    Text Archive > American Libraries > The poetry of religion, and other poems

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  9. Do Not Go Gentle Into that Spooky NightRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Internet Archive

    Audio Archive > Open Source Audio > Do Not Go Gentle Into that Spooky Night Icarus Holmes Do Not Go Gentle Into that Spooky Night embed this This file, created by Icarus Holmes , is a mash-up featuring open-source music by DJ Spooky, poetry by Dylan Thomas, and some other samples and circuit bendings.

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    Related Topix: Arts

  10. Sound Tunnel: Avant-Garde Park PortraitRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | New York Times

    ... playground - the tunnel itself has found a voice: a strange, urgent one that screams, whispers, sings, declaims poetry and recreates the multifarious sounds of the park around it, from jackhammers and horses' hooves to cracking winter ice. Mr. ...

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  11. Create it forwardRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | TheNational

    From lovingly crafted watercolours and poetry to a homemade remedy for the flu, people from different backgrounds and nationalities have begun expressing themselves and connecting with each other in a new and unique way.

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  12. Healing the bruisesRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | The Hindu

    ... depth of their psyche and emotions that appeal to me," says Dutta, who is a school teacher in a Government school. Poetry and art are ways of expressing his innermost thoughts. He has been exhibiting his paintings since 1992, and five anthologies of ...

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  13. In praise of ... Ian Hamilton | EditorialRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Guardian Unlimited

    ... more than matching his observation about previous centuries' poets: "They were all vicars and that sort of thing. Poetry was just something one did." Do not be taken in by the faux-casualness: poetry was the main thing Hamilton did, as a newly ...

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  14. Bill Knott on Robert HassRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Cosmopoetica

    ... Logan. I can't say that I agree wholly with Bill's take on Hass, but it's a take that is something to behold. Hass' poetry has never really stood out - it's difficult for me to recall anything of his I've read - despite reading at least three of his ...

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  15. Tribute to West 7th Librarian John OhrRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Community Reporter

    ... project; a community based reading program connected with local elementary teachers. He worked on the West 7th Poetry contests and loved to read and judge the poems submitted by local children. He expanded the children's collection which, in turn, ...

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    Related Topix: Libraries, Pop/Rock, Harper Lee, Arts

  16. Catching A WaveRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | Slog

    ... a Slog Post for one person out there, but I don't want you - whoever you are - to miss the opportunity. Great local poetry publisher Wave Books is hosting three days of poetry , from August 14th through the 16th . The event includes films, readings ...

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  17. Callaloo Poets Host - Open Mic' NightRead the original story

    Tuesday Jun 30 | St John Source

    July 5, 2009 - The Callaloo Poets invite the public to their monthly - open mic' poetry reading, "You and I Bring U.N.I.T.Y." - " a theme inspired by poet Oren Hodge.

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  18. Ecotours Offers - Do One Thing for Wildlife' TourRead the original story

    Tuesday Jun 30 | St John Source

    ... lagoon on Saturday afternoons. 2009-07-05 22:26:43 The Callaloo Poets invite the public to their monthly a open mica poetry reading, a oeYou and I Bring U.N.I.T.Y.a 2009-07-05 22:25:27 Pistarckle's Summer Theater Musical Production camps have been ...

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  19. The human punching bagRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The StarPhoenix

    ... was in mid-June, when I read a poem titled Menstrual Moon -- an attempt to ridicule bad feminist verse -- at a slam poetry contest, where two of the top three winning entries were violent, lesbian-themed poems. My entry was not well received. ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Boxing, More Sports, Women's Boxing, Martial Arts, Tae Kwon Do, Karate

  20. Reading from the Book of the DeadRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Plymouth Evening Herald

    ... and cars to school and hairnets'. He edits the magazine Tremblestone and is a member of The Language Club, a regular poetry forum and discussion group. The Honicknowle Book of the Dead is Mr Knight's first collection.Tony Lopez, Professor of poetry ...

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