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- A leg up on learning Chinese - Christian Science Monitor
Once, French was the common tongue of diplomacy and commerce in an era of European world dominance. Then English took its place. As China expands its influence, many believe that Mandarin might one day become the new language of commerce. Not least ...
- Every name a prayer - Jakarta Post
Every name a prayerJakarta Post, Indonesia - 6 hours agoMother is old poetry, her every form is made up of double entendres, yet she stays most beautiful. My gaze lingers at her stooped retreating form, ...
- Arkin praises 'poetry fan' Wilson - Digital Spy
Arkin praises 'poetry fan' WilsonDigital Spy, UK - 5 hours agoHe told People: "He's a big poetry fan, and I am too, so we email poems to each other. We sent little poems to each other since the movie. ...
- New album, new fears, same old attitude for the Roots - International Herald Tribune
Characteristically for the Roots, "Rising Down" grapples with tough issues: its title is an allusion to "Rising Up and Rising Down," William Vollmann's seven-volume treatise on the nature of violence. "I think this Roots album has a very mirror ...
- Rhyme is reason for her smile: Young poet wins contest - Lincoln Journal
Rhyme is reason for her smile: Young poet wins contestLincoln Journal, MA - 29 minutes ago“I was really excited,” Pingeon said of winning the contest. Her mother, Elizabeth Graver, said she discovered the Michigan poetry contest and thought it ...
- Fort Craig students warm seniors’ hearts - Daily Times
Students from Fort Craig Elementary School’s B-1-2 classes performed a play at three local assisted-living facilities on Monday and Tuesday. Two classes performed at MorningView Village Assisted Living facility Monday morning, three classes at ...
- What’s On - Independent and Free Press
What’s OnIndependent and Free Press, Canada - 9 hours agoLocal folk ravers Grande Fir, Devin and the Dark Light and AlleyCar will also bring their finest sets. The festival also includes whole roasted lamb, ...
- Editorial: Try for this kind of verse - Albany Democrat-Herald
With rare exceptions we don’t run poetry in the letters column or anywhere else in the paper. But for the entertainment value alone, maybe we should. I have been thinking about this since Paul Pritchard of Albany handed me a folder last month at ...
- Chalk Talk: San Mateo County teen poet makes anthology (San Mateo County Times)
Justine Drennan's parents often read stories to her as a young child."So it seemed natural to think of my own stories to write," said Drennan, 19, a graduate of Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough going into her second year at Princeton University.
- Medication Medley (The Hanford Sentinel)
I visited the shrink gave him a knowing wink. Said, “Doc, what do you think?” He said, “My friend, I know you’re blue.” I see you’re in a nasty stew. But there’s a med out there for you.”
- Poetry podcast - Weekly Volcano
Weekly VolcanoPoetry podcastWeekly Volcano, WA - 33 minutes agoThere, Pennsylvania poet, Philip Terman, will be welcomed as he reads from his new book, Rabbis of the Air. Terman will be joined by fiction writer, ...
- Frederick, Md. poet, painter inspire each other (WTOP Radio Network)
Bernard Jankowski took a stack of his poetry and scribbled a message to a painter he admired. The note said: "Here you go Ed. Let me know if they spark a response."
- Time after time she's still a hit - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunTime after time she's still a hitVancouver Sun, Canada - 7 hours agoHer concept was that beat poetry could go hand in hand with dance music. So when she was in Sweden working with producers Peer Astrom and Johan Bobeck at ...
- A date for all occasions - The National
A date for all occasionsThe National, United Arab Emirates - 6 hours agoThe Liwa Festival began as a one-day affair four years ago; this year it will involve other activities including a group wedding, Nabati poetry and ...
- Comics Panel: May 19, 2008 - A.V. Club
Comics Panel: May 19, 2008A.V. Club - 35 minutes ago... display his displeasure over the lack of a birthday party. There's lots of violence, blood, and body-function humor among Bigfoot's forays into poetry, ...
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