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- Poor prospects for Glasgow's underground poet - Times Online
Poor prospects for Glasgow's underground poetTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoTransport bosses devised the scheme in conjunction with the Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Poetry Library to build on the momentum of the first ever ...
- A sprightly elegy (Al-Ahram Weekly)
I never thought funerals could be such fun. But then, not every funeral has Khalid Galal as director. He has a keen eye for the ludicrous and an eerie knack for squeezing laughter out of the most lugubrious situations and gruesome events.
- Time to sing about spring in our big May calendar - Idaho Statesman
May is a merry time to celebrate new blossoms and dear old Mom. In the Treasure Valley, it is the real start of spring, with more and more events popping up as the temperature rises. At the beginning of the month, nothing is more American than a ...
- Back on track (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)
A poetry event that started in the 1990s will return to Off the Beaten Path Bookstore in coming weeks as new owners revive the store’s occasional poetry slam in a new location.
- Iskcon ceremony (The Telegraph)
Snan Yatra of Lord Jagannath at Iskcon House, 5pm. Poetry-reading session and the staging of Achin Dweeper Khonje, based on a story by Jose Saramago, at Max Mueller Bhavan, 6pm.
- Break to Close School on Massacre Anniversary (R News)
Monroe County school administrators say they're taking no chances when it comes to planning next year's spring break vacation. A committee of educators planned the 2009 spring break around April 20. The date will mark 10 years since the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado.
- Music Review: Yusa - Haiku (Blogcritics.org)
Yusa's new CD "Hiaku"; yet another argument for ending the embargo against Cuba. Ever since Ry Cooder broke the rules and went to Cuba to record the first Buena Vista Social Club disc, here has been a resurgence of interest in that country's music. He ended up having to pay some sort of astronomical fine as a result of that first visit and was only able to return for his second go round because ...
- Be creative! - Times of India
Be creative!Times of India, India - 3 hours agoYou would like to do some great thing -- great poetry. You would like to become Shakespeare, Kalidas or Milton. It is your ego that is creating the trouble. ...
- I Can't Seem To Make My Apartment A Safe Space For Women - The Onion (satire)
I Can't Seem To Make My Apartment A Safe Space For WomenThe Onion (satire), NY - 1 hour agoI even read from the many poetry anthologies lining the bookshelves. I do everything I can to make it a nurturing, woman-safe space. ...
- American beauty - The National
American beautyThe National, United Arab Emirates - 3 hours agoIn Frank’s pictures, London streets became deliberately grainy and dark, a much more impressionistic stroke than could be seen in LIFE magazine at that time ...
- May 2006 - Weekly Standard
(The Euston group formally launched on May 26 in London. Several members have also written op-eds -- see here -- as part of the roll out. Norman Geras, a government professor at the University of Manchester, has been particularly insightful ...
- A SOFT SPOT FOR BERMUDA - Royal Gazette
Royal GazetteA SOFT SPOT FOR BERMUDARoyal Gazette, Bermuda - 1 hour agoTall, dark and handsome, her British suitor was a multi-talented man who loved photography, literature, writing and composing poetry. He was also an artist, ...
- Arundel Town Column — April 10 - Portsmouth Herald
When I typed in the date for the printing of this column, I realized the day was of some significance to me. I turn a year older today, but probably not a year wiser, as fortunate as that would be. Forty-something years of learning seems like it ...
- 102-year-old Bickleton High grad is last of her class - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
102-year-old Bickleton High grad is last of her classMid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA - 40 minutes agoPioneer Days festivities will continue Friday afternoon with some cowboy poetry and merry-go-round rides. Activities for Saturday include a rodeo.
- Community Briefing (Arizona Range News)
Lyndsey Osterman, WASA volunteer at the Fun with Reading class, with Chloe Stroud, 7, during arts and crafts. The participants read books and poetry, sang songs, did arts and crafts, and dug for seashells during the beach-themed program.
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