http://www.gotpoetry.com/ News for Poets. Place to write. en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:42 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly GotPoetry.com News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.gotpoetry.com/images/autoheader/logo-slogan.gif http://www.gotpoetry.com/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/x6jmR6U4JUY/sid=45212.html Member of the U of C’s Committee on Social Thought, poet, and novelist Adam Zajagewski will be reading a selection of his poetry at the Renaissance Society. In 2004, he won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, which is often considered a precursor to the Nobel prize in literary circles. (Renaissance Society, 2 p.m., free)...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shz7LkkI6OgA-BbLja7LvoxT31o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shz7LkkI6OgA-BbLja7LvoxT31o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shz7LkkI6OgA-BbLja7LvoxT31o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/shz7LkkI6OgA-BbLja7LvoxT31o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/x6jmR6U4JUY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:42 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45212.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/gsb8jrtGI0Q/sid=45211.html The result is "Metamorphosis: Junior Year," a novel released in October that combines prose with poetry, short chapters with big themes and mythology with modern-day teenage angst. It is a collaboration between mother and sons: Betsy wrote the text; Tom, 29, did the illustrations; and James, 31, and Dave, 24, recorded the audio version of the book....Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MuWpXNPDYOe2co7fMIFVp0emcCI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MuWpXNPDYOe2co7fMIFVp0emcCI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MuWpXNPDYOe2co7fMIFVp0emcCI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MuWpXNPDYOe2co7fMIFVp0emcCI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/gsb8jrtGI0Q" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:41 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45211.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/6ys4Y56bRnc/sid=45210.html In the Traditional News: Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Evolution wins again. Posted on: September 29, 2009 7:38 PM, by Greg Laden An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1q-gh_nvcp1NgZvuR3RTlg4wbHA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1q-gh_nvcp1NgZvuR3RTlg4wbHA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1q-gh_nvcp1NgZvuR3RTlg4wbHA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1q-gh_nvcp1NgZvuR3RTlg4wbHA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/6ys4Y56bRnc" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:52 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45210.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/khJtky-IN-4/sid=45209.html Walker presented a selection of her poetry and plaques to a gathered crowd of city and Jacksonville Police Department officials at the police station. ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tJ_gYQPMZP-DNJOIPMnip2IG6Gg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tJ_gYQPMZP-DNJOIPMnip2IG6Gg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tJ_gYQPMZP-DNJOIPMnip2IG6Gg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tJ_gYQPMZP-DNJOIPMnip2IG6Gg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/khJtky-IN-4" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:58 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45209.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/9l4IoHGUmu0/sid=45208.html Poetry News: Howard Scott lived in Deming for nine years. His book "Then He Said," a collection of poetry, essays and plays was published in 2008.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HO5mHUVl7khtcGJLb7-TX4XMQfA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HO5mHUVl7khtcGJLb7-TX4XMQfA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HO5mHUVl7khtcGJLb7-TX4XMQfA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HO5mHUVl7khtcGJLb7-TX4XMQfA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/9l4IoHGUmu0" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:47 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45208.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/_kBgdaEsdHY/sid=45207.html This collection of more than 100 short poems evokes images ranging from cyclical rhythms of nature to the passions and complexities of love to the timeless spiritual potentialities of the human mind and soul....Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoJUFDpvQa1YvttLfOLNYYmOhlw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoJUFDpvQa1YvttLfOLNYYmOhlw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoJUFDpvQa1YvttLfOLNYYmOhlw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eoJUFDpvQa1YvttLfOLNYYmOhlw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/_kBgdaEsdHY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:59 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45207.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/dEEK_k6BNYc/sid=45206.html He was an author and poet, producing several books including the definitive guide to Wimbledon 1877-1977 and The Ballad of Worple Road, a book of poetry with a forward by Peter Ustinov.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G3Se0_Nc_uccxygfEGfRJMh_I2g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G3Se0_Nc_uccxygfEGfRJMh_I2g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G3Se0_Nc_uccxygfEGfRJMh_I2g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/G3Se0_Nc_uccxygfEGfRJMh_I2g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/dEEK_k6BNYc" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:21 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45206.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/syuFVRGMwiQ/sid=45205.html "It was in Eglinton Woods that Burns realised his poetry could be good enough for the rest of the world to read. "And it was a chance meeting with Captain Brown at Irvine harbour that ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qVlU-iLV-NWUtEln7zhD6I_6P0Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qVlU-iLV-NWUtEln7zhD6I_6P0Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qVlU-iLV-NWUtEln7zhD6I_6P0Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qVlU-iLV-NWUtEln7zhD6I_6P0Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/syuFVRGMwiQ" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:07:04 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45205.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/491ehO8RNuc/sid=45204.html But Brewer did start reading and learning the poetry on which the songs are based - translations of Hermann Hesse's "Spring," "September" and "Going to Sleep," and "At Sunset" by ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w4cLU4WMQai83SCEILd81qDUj0M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w4cLU4WMQai83SCEILd81qDUj0M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w4cLU4WMQai83SCEILd81qDUj0M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w4cLU4WMQai83SCEILd81qDUj0M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/491ehO8RNuc" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:27 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45204.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/vn2r6zyS6Aw/sid=45203.html Carnal performed before an audience for the first time last year at Grand Junction's Cowboy Poetry Gathering at the Museum of Western Colorado's Whitman Educational Center. He's back for this year's gathering, today and Saturday at the same location....Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EZdIoJfCzRQYW_memYSQjfkT61w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EZdIoJfCzRQYW_memYSQjfkT61w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EZdIoJfCzRQYW_memYSQjfkT61w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EZdIoJfCzRQYW_memYSQjfkT61w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/vn2r6zyS6Aw" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:17 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45203.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/QwQooGhS0cw/sid=45202.html The special event will feature student poetry performances and discussion highlighting proven techniques for using engaging novels in young adult literature to elevate ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTLkLuWy7PlQe52zu9KWEZ_q7c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTLkLuWy7PlQe52zu9KWEZ_q7c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTLkLuWy7PlQe52zu9KWEZ_q7c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WVTLkLuWy7PlQe52zu9KWEZ_q7c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/QwQooGhS0cw" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:57:38 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45202.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/_8hZ3U3vjrI/sid=45201.html Poetry News: Mary Ruefle is the author of several volumes of poetry, most recently A Little White Shadow , an art book of "erasures", a variation on found poetry; Tristimania , Among the Musk Ox People ; Apparition Hill ; Cold Pluto ; Post Meridian ; Cold Pluto ; The Adamant , winner of the 1988 Iowa Poetry Prize; Life Without Speaking ; and Memling's Veil .Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8lMhqW2oWn7eRP6Zsc49jaHRYfM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8lMhqW2oWn7eRP6Zsc49jaHRYfM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8lMhqW2oWn7eRP6Zsc49jaHRYfM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8lMhqW2oWn7eRP6Zsc49jaHRYfM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/_8hZ3U3vjrI" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:17 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45201.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/aee_r5vEiP0/sid=45200.html Poetry News: National Public Radio has discovered Holland area poet Jack Ridl , whose latest anthology "The Losing Season" in September cracked The Poetry Foundation's bestseller list.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2CF4NNR2Vl3goV7dWxOAF9VMSLk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2CF4NNR2Vl3goV7dWxOAF9VMSLk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2CF4NNR2Vl3goV7dWxOAF9VMSLk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2CF4NNR2Vl3goV7dWxOAF9VMSLk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/aee_r5vEiP0" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:12:35 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=45200.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/J-mkF-jjga4/sid=45199.html Born in Larkhana, Sindh, in a family with close links to Sufi shrines, she found herself drawn to Sufi music poetry as soon as she could sing and her first lessons came from her father Ustad Ghulam Haider, continuing with the Sham Chorasia ...Link! 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