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- Jail Deputy Charged with Misdemeanor (R News)
A Seneca County corrections officer is facing misdemeanor charges after an alleged incident at the county's jail. Sheriff's deputies are looking into whether David Jensen of Ovid used excessive force against an inmate.
- Kay Goldstein: A Guided Meditation for Kids Who Aren't Feeling Well (HuffingtonPost)
Recently, I had an opportunity to teach an introductory meditation class to a small group of pediatric nursing students. After the class, I had...
- How and Why Tony Soprano Died - Gawker
GawkerHow and Why Tony Soprano DiedGawker, NY - 2 hours agoNo, not Philip Larkin's poetry, the last frame of the last episode of the HBO mafia drama The Sopranos. Some enterprising blogger went all Warren Commission ...
- The quality of writing can vary, but we all agree on the subject (The Daily Reflector)
A friend recently shared a poem her teenage daughter had written for her birthday. The poem is lovely as it recognizes and honors the way the mother focuses on what's important.
- Poets performing prose is the real prize - Toronto Star
Poets performing prose is the real prizeToronto Star, Canada - 19 minutes agoThe Griffin Poetry Prize holds a big payday for a couple of fortunate versifiers. But the previous night's reading – an evening-long recital that has also ...
- Dubai to host annual poetry festival (AME Info)
The Ruler of Dubai has ordered the launch of the Dubai International Poetry Festival as an annual calendar event, celebrating Arabic poetry and promoting international understanding through one of the most enduring literary genres, reported Gulf News. Held under the banner Thousand Poets, One Language, the activity-packed annual event aims to attract 1,000 internationally acclaimed poets from ...
- WCAC programs give youths a second chance (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
A whole new world has opened up for Melissa Murillo.
- Teaching Legend Gilbert Named 2008 Parade Marshal - Palisadian-Post
Palisadian-PostTeaching Legend Gilbert Named 2008 Parade MarshalPalisadian-Post, CA - 48 minutes ago'I hope to teach my students a love of literature, a love of poetry,' Gilbert told the Palisadian-Post. 'I hope to teach them the fact that they need to ...
- Cowboys? Ware Fulfills a Challenge for Fatherhood (New York Times)
DeMarcus Ware and his wife, Taniqua, believe they appreciate their daughter, Marley, more because they adopted her after three failed pregnancies.
- Mohammad Hanif lands on his feet - Times Online
Mohammad Hanif lands on his feetTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoIt is what brings the protagonist and his best friend together for shared torment, poetry and eroticism in an elite Air Force barracks. ...
- Reliving Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers (International Herald Tribune)
Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Center in 1974 is the subject of "Man on Wire," James Marsh's thorough, understated and altogether enthralling documentary.
- Words of Wisdom: Nature’s cycle - Naples Daily News
Words of Wisdom: Nature’s cycleNaples Daily News, FL - Jul 12, 2008Oftentimes the natural world is used in poetry as a metaphor or symbol for the divine, beauty, or even the human condition (ex. His mood was dark as night). ...
- India, literature and culture - Telegraph.co.uk
India, literature and cultureTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoHe cashed in on the late 19th-century revival of medieval Bengali poetry by inventing an alter ego, "Bhanusingha", a medieval poet who wrote convincingly in ...
- Nancy Metzgar Lippa | Theater assistant, 64 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Nancy W. Metzgar Lippa, 64, a retired administrative assistant at People's Light and Theatre near Malvern, died of pancreatic cancer Saturday at home in Springfield, Delaware County. Mrs. Lippa graduated from Nether Providence High School. After ...
- The sonnetmeister (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
is a pleasant bonus to being a friend or colleague of Martin Bidney, Binghamton University professor emeritus of English. If you spend time together, have a lunch or even a conversation while passing in a hallway, he will often pen a poem in response. And then he will e-mail it to you.
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