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- The Future That Never Comes; The Past That Never Was; The Present ... - Common Dreams
Why am I not surprised by Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate? Because I learned as a child: in America, the future never comes! Should we shake our heads, wondering, when the candidate for "change we can believe in" chooses a consummate ...
- Fallen soldier inspires Kinglsey woman's award-winning poem - Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Jayne R. Vondrak, of Kingsley, won second place in the Iowa Poetry Association contest with her poem "Brave Warrior." The poem, written about a former student killed in the war in Iraq, will also be published in "Lyrical Iowa 2008," the poetry ...
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - South Coast Today
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'South Coast Today, MA - Jul 19, 2008Steel is a leader of a genre that generated $1.37 billion in book sales in 2006, outselling every market category except religion/inspirational, ...
- Credit crunch poetry (BBC News)
Send us your poems on the credit crunch.
- National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and schedule (Isthmus)
The wait is over for hundreds of spoken word devotees wondering who they will face in the opening rounds of this year's National Poetry Slam in Madison. Organizers conducted a random draw this week to determine match-ups in the opening two rounds of the competition, which will be held in multiple venues across downtown over the first week of August. Teams hailing from the same city will face off ...
- Words and lyrics by... - Mydesert.com
In the pantheon of great pop-rock songwriters, Billy Steinberg was a fortunate son. Growing up in Palm Springs in the late-1950s and '60s, Steinberg played Scrabble with Lucille Ball. Frank Sinatra showed him his train set. Steinberg's late father ...
- art September 19 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Jamini Roy Gallery, 3rd floor, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30 pm: (The Telegraph)
Inauguration of an exhibition by young women artists from Afghanistan by Prof. Malini Bhattacharya, chairperson, WB Commission for Women. The show will be on till September 27, 11 am to 7 pm.
- I-35W REPLACEMENT SPAN HERALDED 'BRIDGE OF ITS TIME' - USA Today
MINNEAPOLIS - The new span that stretches across the Mississippi River on the spot where the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed a year ago bears little resemblance to its predecessor. The sleek, white concrete swath includes the latest design and safety ...
- Hate-preacher Hamza's 'YouTube rant from prison' - Evening Standard
A video of hardline Islamic preacher Abu Hamza, which was said to have been made in Belmarsh Prison, has appeared on YouTube. A photograph of the radical cleric is displayed with an announcement that it is by "Sheik Abu Hamza Al Masri from Belmarsh ...
- Provincial funding for cancer drug gives patients hope; - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Provincial funding for cancer drug gives patients hope;The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - 1 hour agoPoetry is a balance of the abstract and the concrete, and The Four Horsemen, and sound poetry, shifted the balance for many performance artists for good. ...
- Guy Browning's top 10 Christmas books - guardian.co.uk
Guy Browning's top 10 Christmas booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoPoetry that uses some very modern imagery to illustrate some very ancient truths. 9. The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore (illustrated by Christian ...
- Melvin Dale Hawley (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
Mel passed away peacefully in the middle of the night on September 6, 2008, after a long battle with COPD. He was born in Newbury on April 11, 1935, and raised on a farm in the Sullivan area. Mel was the son of the late Mr. Arthur Hawley; his mother, Hattie Hawley, 95, lives in [...]
- Red Letter Dates - Peoria Journal Star
1 "A Mother's Journey." Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs by Renee C. Byer. Through Oct. 10. Bradley University's Hartmann Center Art Gallery. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Reception: 4-5 p.m. Oct. 2 at Hartmann Center. Lecture: 5 p.m. Oct. 2 ...
- Grad students to hold yearly writing forum - Binghampton University Pipe Dream
Binghamton University graduate students are continuing a decade-old tradition this week with a three-day conference on creative writing aimed at connecting the BU community with the world of literature. Thursday will mark the start of the 11th annual ...
- Online competition for poets - NetGuide
Online competition for poetsNetGuide, New Zealand - 23 minutes agoBookhabit.com and the New Zealand Poetry Society are to host an online international poetry competition celebrating written and performance poetry. ...
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