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VT -- Celelstially Inspired Poetry Presented at Misty Valley Books  Poetry News: Inspired by the stars, astrophysics and science, three poets will present an evening of celestially-inspired poetry at Misty Valley Books, on the Green in Chester, on Sunday at 7 p.m. Poets Kate Gleason, Becky Sakellariou, and Patrice Pinette will present their work. Link! Read More... |
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 Powerful Poetry Competition for DMV Teens: Poetry News: The Louder than a Bomb - DMV Teen Poetry Festival brings hundreds of young poets from DC, Maryland, and Virginia for an annual poetry slam.
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 | Creative Writers Speak at Cabaret: On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, the Marquis Faculty Dining Room was filled with talented writers from the creative writing courses and independent studies offered at Lafayette College. The event kicked of...
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Announcing: Poets the Short Film, the Kickstarter: Poets is a short film about the turbulent relationship between two slam poets, the personifications of truth and art. The kickstarter is live and kicking! We need your help! Support Poets today!...
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Marcos Cabrera: Salinas' poet makes art in the schools a priority: Poetry News: James B. Golden, Salinas' first poet laureate, won the NAACP Image Award for poetry in 2012 for his book "Afro Clouds & Nappy Rain.A' Want an indication of the unifying power of Salin...
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Sheryl Sandberg Annotates Her Writing on Rap Genius: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has annotated the introduction to her book on Rap Genius, the site where music fans, readers, legal scholars poets and authors can annotate writing..
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$1,000 cash reward for winner of Poetryfest contest: Poetry News: Anyone who has ever written a poem is eligible to enter the free poetry contest sponsored by Poetryfest, a nonprofit organization devoted to discovering new oets and helping them to achie...
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KY -- Book review | 'Selected Poems': Poetry News: ... Cope's own selection of the best work from all his previous collections, and it is a powerful monument to a life in poetry. Though he is also a songwriter, musician and teacher, he c...
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| Poetry Collection Shows How Challenges Awaken New Truths: Poetry News: Each of us is given certain challenges on our journey to awaken us to new truths, expand our consciousness, and show us better ways to conduct our lives.
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Interesting Stuff - 4 May 2013: POETRY MONTH AND CATS
TGB reader Tony Sarmiento sent in this page. May, apparently, is poetry month so NPR and illustrator Francesco Marciuliano teamed up to create a poetic tribute to cats with qu...
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| Madison High School junior Micah Fletcher wins second annual Verselandia poetry: Poetry News: Micah Fletcher performs during the second annual Verselandia, a poetry competition for Portland Public Schools students held last week at the Wonder Ballroom.
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Guardian Books podcast: Memoirs of fathers and mothers: In this week's podcast we investigate the mushrooming genre of parental memoir - a form that spans books films and poetry and for which one of our guests has invented the new categories "patremoir" an...
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NC - Remembering the "poet of democracy": Poetry News: ... all know," Schulke said. Whitman "was so connected and wanted to be connected to something larger than himself." His poetry "is about creating this utopia of America," and finding co...
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| CA -- Poet has penchant for contradictions: Poetry News: ... added. On May 8 at 7 p.m., her talent for mixing the internal and external will be on full display during a poetry ruckus at Ducky Waddles bookstore. Armantrout will read passages fr...
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| UK- The Darlington Arts Festival: week two round-up of events: POETS AND PAINTERS: Different Visions: Poets and Painters at Café Create, in Parkgate, between 7pm and 9pm. Poetry workshop that explores using an image to provoke a poem. Tickets are £6 – availab...
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Book Review: A Mystic Garden: This lyrical primer on the spirituality of gardening reflects on the relationship between a gardener and his or her garden. Meditating upon how interaction with the earth opens the heart, schools the ...
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| Review: "Let's Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books": This book had me diving into my current e-book projects within the first few minutes of opening the review copy, looking at how to improve the preview, feedback hooks, tagging, category choice, etc. A...
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Honoring mystery: Ashfield poet Abbot Cutler’s new book, “Say Dance, Say Night,” makes a sturdy 10th addition to the Slate Roof Press list of books by local poets. The collection gathers poems from 12 years of wr...
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UK- Dead certs at Sterts ; Summer packed with drama, music, laughter: A summer packed with drama, music and laughter for all the family on the edge of Bodmin Moor kicks off in very fitting style with Cornish company BishBashBosh's exciting new production of Daphne Du Ma...
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Mukta Arya Enjoys Small Things in Life in New Book of Poetry: Arya looks to everyday life for inspiration. Her poems offer readers a lyrical glimpse into her experiences. She opens up about a range of emotions, from the ecstasy of achievements to the depth of de...
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Ted Washington - Down the Drain: Audio: Ted Washington on IndieFeed Performance Poetry. Show number 1174.
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Scottish nature photography competition: May 2013. To celebrate Scotland’s amazing wildlife and countryside during the Year of Natural Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has launched a free photo contest. As part of Scotland’s Nat...
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PA -- Poets ask you to get 'Jawstruck' in York City: Poetry News: ... still accessible to those outside of the artsy crowd. "What I wanted to do was something that would be a cool, fun poetry event for people who aren't poetry fans," she said. She said...
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| Shift in education priorities could topple poem 'Trees': Comprehension and invention are in, rote memorization is out. Blame it on changes in poetry: Rhyme is insipid, sentimental is stupid. Blame it on the fact that nothing lasts forever, not even verses l...
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| Public Theatre to Present Haiku, Hip Hop and Hotdogs, 5/19-22: Poetry News: ... fear and makes friends with the terrifying boy on top of his bed! Crabgrass Puppet Theatre's exciting new fusion of poetry and puppetry includes poems by Jack Prelutsky, David McCord...
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| Montgomery sophomore wins $10,000 for placing 2nd in national poetry recitation: Poetry News: They are the first lines of "The Lamb," a poem by Linda Gregg, and they helped Blessed, 15, take second place in Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation contest for high school stud...
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Grimm's fairy tales: Semper fidelis: Poetry News: ... sits on a golden throne two miles high, wearing a crown three yards by two yards. Beautiful or grotesque, the mad poetry of these tales is often delightfully funny too. For this coll...
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