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- Students to take part in prayer event - Statesman Journal
Prayers, flagpoles and schools might at first glance appear an unlikely combination. But since 1990, students have been gathering near the start of their academic year at their schools' flagpoles to pray for their classmates, teachers, staffers and ...
- Palin the Frontierswoman? - Huffingtonpost.com
Many political commentators seem to have seized on the idea that Sarah Palin is a "frontierswoman," an old-time pioneer rather than a standard political type. They see her as a throwback to bygone Americans, those women who helped their men win the ...
- Poet wins place in Slam finals (Western Advocate)
Bathurst’s Joshua Simpson has made the State finals of the Australian Poetry Slam. After winning his heat in Orange Joshua will perform his work “Poetry†at the State Library on Friday. He will be joined by Orange rapper Shannon Elliot. Their airfares and accommodation in Sydney will be paid by contest organisers. Joshua, 28, admits most people are surprised to learn he is a poet.
- Fame came too fast for South Florida rocker Jemene Miller (Miami Herald)
If you were a South Florida hippie of the flower-child era, you hung out on weekends at North Miami-Dade's Greynolds Park, where pot smoke and live music filled the air.
- Groundbreaking is best present at college's 50th birthday - Daily Astorian
Groundbreaking is best present at college's 50th birthdayDaily Astorian, USA - 32 minutes ago"There's kind of a nice poetry about ending up back here where we are and rebuilding here. It's going to be a fabulous campus." Other sites considered in ...
- Eagles-Cowboys rivalry full of memories (The Mercury)
PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles-Cowboys rivalry is so bitter and contentious almost all the games are committed to memory.
- Public to be given say in selection of poet laureate - Daily Telegraph
Ministers will this week announce changes to the selection process for the prestigious post, previously held by John Betjeman and Ted Hughes. In a break with tradition, ordinary poetry readers will be encouraged to play a major part. Andrew Motion's ...
- Young inmates find selves in art (The Florida Times-Union)
Sam is one of those creative 17-year-olds who loves to spend his days reading and writing.
- A wicked way with words has poets ready to slam - Parramatta Sun
A wicked way with words has poets ready to slamParramatta Sun, Australia - 1 hour agoDavid was introduced to poetry by his high school English teacher and began writing his own five years ago. ``It's hard to explain what it's about I just ...
- Newman was a star on screen and off - Everett Herald
Paul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. He was 83. Newman died Friday at his home near Westport ...
- World premiere of 'The Blizzard Voices' staged in Council Bluffs ... - SW Iowa News
World premiere of 'The Blizzard Voices' staged in Council Bluffs ...SW Iowa News, IA - 58 minutes agoThe poetry had to be adapted into a libretto while maintaining the feelings provoked by the poems. "A book of poems is something you read privately," said ...
- Obama, Palin give OK! first double cover - MSNBC
ST. PAUL, Minn. - In case you needed further proof that this election is as much about celebrity status as it is politics, check out the current issue of OK! magazine. For the first time, the weekly magazine decided to do a double cover: Barack Obama ...
- John Sergeant's last dance: Backlash against the BBC as the Dancing ... - Daily Mail
It might have pleased the judges, but John Sergeant's surprise decision to waltz off Strictly Come Dancing has sparked a furious backlash against the BBC. Some fans accused the judges of hounding the leaden-footed former political journalist off the ...
- The ghazal in Hindi films - Screen Weekly
The ghazal in Hindi filmsScreen Weekly, India - 3 hours agoSince this form of poetry has existed for centuries, it is traditionally permitted to take the first two lines of an existing ghazal and add original lines ...
- Miss Texas 2008 coming to Navasota Nostalgia Days - The Navasota Examiner
Miss Texas 2008 coming to Navasota Nostalgia DaysThe Navasota Examiner, TX - 6 hours agoShe was twice chosen as a Department of Hispanic Studies International Poetry Symposium delegate and was a director of partnership projects with Boys ...
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