Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Peace Corps assignment takes traveler to Morocco (The Bellingham Herald)
- American Life in Poetry: 'Gathering Leaves in Grade School' - Union Leader
They were smooth ovals, and some the shade of potatoes-- some had been moth-eaten or spotted, the maples were starched, and crackled like campfire. We put them under tracing paper and rubbed our crayons over them, X-raying the spread of their bones ...
- Two go mad in Europe - guardian.co.uk
Two go mad in Europeguardian.co.uk, UK - 9 hours agoWith the litany of horrors lengthening every day, it's hard to stay focused on your coming-of-age novel, your new poem about the fall foliage. ...
- Screen test: Parental guidance on this week's movies, including 'Traveling Pants 2' and 'Pineapple Express' (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By JANE HORWITZ The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (PG-13, 1 hr., 51 min.) The four brainy gal pals in this sequel (the first film came out in 2005, rated PG) have separate summer adventures after they start college and find it tough to keep their friendship on track. The sharing via airmail of those magical one-size-fits-all jeans doesn’t keep them as close as it did before. This ...
- Stoooopid .... why the Google generation - Times Online
Times OnlineStoooopid .... why the Google generationTimes Online, UK - Jul 20, 2008trying to read a book called Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age by Maggie Jackson. Crushed in my train, I had become the ...
- Inside North Korea - Center for Research on Globalization
Inside North KoreaCenter for Research on Globalization, Canada - 1 hour agoI remember one young woman, 23, who was studying architecture but also loved studying poetry and literature. She was so lovely, humble and gracious. ...
- Golden moments of beauty, fun and community - Hot Springs Star
When I was about six years old, back in the 1950s when platform shoes were popular, I found a pair of nearly-new shiny gold, high-heeled platform shoes. And, of all places, I found them at the city dump among the rubble heaps! Finding them was better ...
- Scenting change - The National
Scenting changeThe National, United Arab Emirates - 15 hours agoThe crinkled wrapping paper was a school assignment on French poetry. One of the poems was Parfum Exotique, which Charles Baudelaire wrote a century and a ...
- Local Talent Wins Going West Poetry Slam - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Local Talent Wins Going West Poetry SlamScoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 28 minutes agoCourtney secured her spot in the final with her poem ‘Auckland’s Talking About Me’, then won the $500 prize with ‘86’. The fifth annual Going West Poetry ...
- 'The eye of a cameraman should be the eye of a poet' - guardian.co.uk
'The eye of a cameraman should be the eye of a poet'guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoThere's no special purpose behind a poem and yet you end up with something quite beautiful, full of understanding and love". ...
- Best bets for the weekend (Seattle Times)
Our summer keeps bouncing all over the weather map. So don't stop listening to the forecast, if you care. Otherwise, just kick back and...
- Bartlett library gets $2,500 grant (Daily Herald)
The Bartlett Public Library has received a $2,500 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read in the Bartlett community. It is one of 208 libraries, municipalities and arts, culture, higher education and science organizations to received the grant.
- Rafael Chacón’s definitive biography of unsung architect AJ Gibson. - New West
Rafael Chacón’s definitive biography of unsung architect AJ Gibson.New West, MT - 1 hour ago... and the editor of the Clark Fork Journal. His second book, Fresh Oil and Loose Gravel: Road Poetry 1998-2008, was published last month. By Richard Martin.
- Opportunity knocks - New Zealand Herald
All the fisticuffs over this year's Montana Book Awards are at an end, and the winner of this country's highest accolade was named last week. Charlotte Grimshaw, daughter of local literary heavyweight C.K. Stead, has well and truly inherited the ...
- AC artist Diane Wehr seeks to capture an animal's 'personality' - Casa Grande Valley Newspapers
AC artist Diane Wehr seeks to capture an animal's 'personality'Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - 2 hours ago"Not just paintings, but poetry, dance, theater and other forms of art." Diane said that feedback and support from other artists is another benefit of ...
|
|
Mortgage Refinance
Home Mortgage
December 2007 Mortgage News
|