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- 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.
- 'Crusading spirit' adrift on Thai political winds - Asia Times
BANGKOK - As a secondary school student, Jakrapob Penkair was acknowledged by his peers for eulogistic poems he wrote about King Bhumibol Adulyadej. More recently, as Prime Minister's Office Minister, he oversaw the government's 650-million-baht (US ...
- Slow boat from china in crossing the sea - This is London
This is LondonSlow boat from china in crossing the seaThis is London, UK - 14 hours agoFor the libretto of what is in effect an opera-ballet, Gribbin has devised a text from translations of Tang dynasty poetry. The story is affecting enough, ...
- London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony - Chicago Tribune
LONDON - The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines. The priests walked down the aisle in a May 31 service at one of ...
- Collaborative efforts curbed youth violence in Kalamazoo this summer - Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO -- After a violent summer for teenagers last year on the streets of Kalamazoo, local leaders say a collection of efforts has made a difference this year. As Labor Day signals the unofficial end of summer and students prepare to go back to ...
- Poetry column: Living with abandon and abandonment - Evening Sun
If we all could be projective and accurate, the world might be perfect, for each of us. But, risk and irony abound, perhaps as a blessing, to make life unpredictable, frustrating our ability to be in control and to know it all. Failure and ...
- Valley-based organization discusses reading and brain power - Avon Post
Valley-based organization discusses reading and brain powerAvon Post, CT - 30 minutes agoThe first programs will be a poetry writing workshop offered on Sept. 18, 15 and 22 by teacher Pit Pinegar and a playwriting program offered by playwright ...
- Snapshot of the Convention - Lake Oswego Review
Lake Oswego ReviewSnapshot of the ConventionLake Oswego Review, OR - 47 minutes agoThere were also musical groups, poets reading their poetry and lots of independent filmmakers recording the whole scene. “The city was really clean,†he ...
- It takes four to make a Dream Poetry Team (Contra Costa Times)
La Pena Cultural Center hosts a night of powerful poetry
- End of an era for Wompinie Bob - ABC Online
End of an era for Wompinie BobABC Online, Australia - 2 hours agoNow, in order to be closer to medical help, Bob has to leave the home he has known all his life. 'It was the hardest decision I ever had to make', says Bob, ...
- Birdsong inspires Valley resident's novel (The Morning Call)
Most of us are content to regard birdsong as nothing more than a cheerful backdrop to the outdoor chores of our lives. But to Addie Kavanagh, the central character in Bethlehem author Joyce Hinnefeld's first novel ''In Hovering Flight,'' the songs of birds are the most glorious sounds she ever heard, that is, until she begins hearing an accusing chorus in their chatter, and seeing the horror of ...
- Fashionably late (Guardian Unlimited)
Culture: This year, a crop of artists in their 70s and beyond are shining more brightly than ever, says Mark Lawson
- Sean Connery's memoirs no 'kiss and tell' - Reuters India
EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - If you are looking for kiss-and-tell stories about the Bond girls or movie town gossip, Sean Connery's memoirs are not for you. More of a coffee table book, the renowned Scottish actor's autobiography, "Being A Scot", is a ...
- Jan Steckel, poet laureate for the hills - San Francisco Examiner
Though it would be nice to have an official poet laureate, maybe confining poet Jan Steckel to the Oakland Hills is unfair. She has been writing eloquently about broader social, cultural and sensory experiences for a long time. Steckel is a published ...
- Festival a celebration of a city's people - Tonight South Africa
The annual Feast of the Clowns community festival is again upon us. It is organised by the Tshwane Leadership Foundation (TLF) - an NGO which works with inner city churches, community organisations and the metropolitan municipality. the festival aim ...
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