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New York Times | Bringing a Daughter Back From the Brink With Poems New York Times It suddenly struck me — I the one who loves science, data, facts and reason — that when push comes to shove, it was poetry I could count on. Poetry knew where hope lived and could elicit that lump in the throat that reminds me it's all worth it ... |
The Guardian | Andrew Motion on how to write a love poem The Guardian Traditionally, love poems were written in sonnet form, but they don't have to be. Find the form that suits what you are going to say. It could be a haiku or even a limerick. Be true, be forthright, and don't get caught up in other people's ideas of ... |
NOLA.com | Seduction with words: How to craft a great Valentine's Day love poem or letter NOLA.com According to Abita Springs poet Daniel Reinhold, words both fiery and gentle have stirred hearts and loins since the first known love poem was written in the 8th century, B.C. Back then, there were no quill pens with frilly feathers, no rose-scented ... 10 Tantalizing Poetry Titles for Your Valentine |
The Guardian | Andrew O'Hagan: 'I am in love with poetry' The Guardian I am in love with poetry and nothing is better than a fresh volume by a poet you admire. Ian Hamilton, that ace writer and recidivist encourager and denouncer of poets, could talk about Matthew Arnold as if the saint of high culture was about to walk ... |
'Father Unknown' — a DC student writes a love poem to his father Washington Post Every year middle school students in an after-school program in the District study poetry and then write their own love poems. The young poets have written about their love for video games, cheese, football, first crushes, and often, for their moms. |
Temperatures soar in Durcan's love poem to the weather women Irish Independent A cross between a send-up and a love poem, it celebrates the special allure of the weather women, particularly of Jean Byrne, who the 70-year-old poet describes as "the doyenne" of them all, "in her body-hugging, all-black, belted silk dress, slit with ... |
The Week UK | Valentine's poems: ten classic love poems The Week UK To celebrate Valentine's Day, here is a selection of poetry that explores and celebrates love, lust and loss in all its forms. As the cartoonist and poet Michael Leunig once wrote: "Love one another and you will be happy; it is as simple and as ... |
BBC News | The best ways to express love? BBC News The greatest Indian love poetry is synonymous with subtlety and sophistication rather than with just romantic self-expression – in other words, its craft and aesthetic perform a task that's akin to the oblique and unexpected ways in which arousal works ... |
Elizabeth Bishop's love poetry ponders what connects us Berkeley Beacon (subscription) It amuses me to think of how many third-rate poems are exchanged on any given Valentine's Day. In our culture, which routinely dismisses poetry as useless or lofty, the love poem is too often made to stand in for the whole of the genre. Nevertheless ... |
UPI.com | Richard Armitage's Performance of Classic Love Poems Now Available as a ... MarketWatch NEWARK, N.J., Feb 09, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Audible, Inc., the world's largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word content, today announced the release of Classic Love Poems, a collection of 15 of the canon's most ... 'Hobbit' hottie Richard Armitage reads love poems aloud in free download Free poems from Audible may get you in Valentine's Day mood |
Castanet.net | Spontaneous love poems Castanet.net Kelowna residents have been finding little bits of love strewn around the city and it's all thanks to a one woman. Lesley-Anne Evans launched her Pop-Up Poetry initiative in 2012, but most recently she has been garnering attention with her love poems. |
CITY A.M. | Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York looks slim in belted black trench at London ... Daily Mail It seems The Duchess of York may be looking for some romantic inspiration in the run-up to Valentine's Day. Sarah attended the Contemporary British Love Poetry book launch at the iconic Fortnum & Mason store in London on Tuesday night, where she ... Fortnum & Mason dancers prove it's not tu-tu cold when love's in the air |
25 poems on light and love, from the hearts of scientists GMA News Love, like light, is fleeting and ephemeral—and yet is an inescapable constant of the universe. Who would understand this truth more than scientists themselves? The University of the Philippines - Diliman's Photonics Research Lab is holding a poetry ... |
The Guardian | Young Dickens in love: sugary, and waxing lyrical about gloves The Guardian A halting acrostic poem, ending with the sugary couplet “Life has no charms, no happiness, no pleasures, now for me/ Like those I feel, when 'tis my lot Maria, to gaze on thee”, offers little clue to the glittering literary career that was to follow ... |
Audible's Free Love Poems for Valentine's Day Beliefnet Just in time for Valentine's Day, Audible Studios is releasing a free collection of classic love poems narrated by the wonderful Richard Armitage (“The Hobbit” series). There's nothing more romantic than love poetry, and Armitage reads exquisite works ... |
CBS Local | Women Still Love Hearing Ryan Kerrigan Read Poetry for Valentine's Day (Listen) CBS Local “Ryan, you see the kind of support she's gonna give you after a poem like that?” Paulsen said. “Yeah, I mean, that's just what makes her so special, Grant,” Kerrigan replied. “You know what I mean? You can't put a price tag on that.” “There's only one ... |
For Black History Month, poetry jam explores race, love and society Binghamton University Pipe Dream Poems and spoken word filled the Undergrounds this past Friday at Binghamton University's Black Student Union's (BSU) Poetry Jam. The event featured performances by artists Joshua Bennett and Miles Hodges from New York-based spoken word ... |
New York Times (blog) | Poetry Pairing | 'Love (III)' New York Times (blog) To view all the Poetry Pairings we've published in collaboration with the Poetry Foundation since 2010, and to find activity sheets to help with teaching them, visit our collection. For more on teaching about love and romance across the curriculum ... |
Towleroad | Closeted College Lacrosse Player Publishes Book Of 420 Love Poems Written ... Towleroad From the little bit of CC's poetry I saw, I don't think Shakespeare needs to fret about losing his centuries-old pre-eminence in the man-to-man love poem department any time soon though. Anyway, CC's yet young and I wish him and his boyfriend all the best. |
Poetry to Love — Or Hate — On Valentine's Day The Arkanas Traveller Valentine's Day offers many different opportunities to celebrate love, or it can point out the lack there-of. Regardless of one's situation, spending some time with poetry—the language of love—is the best possible treat for this special day. Include ... |
The Independent | Poetry collections round-up: Wild nature, haunting grief and a whole lot of love The Independent Iain Banks is perhaps not the first novelist you associate with poetry. But, as fellow science-fiction Scot Ken MacLeod notes in his introduction to Iain Banks and Ken MacLeod Poems (Little Brown, £12.99), the clues were there. The occasional poem in ... |
Voices Poetry Group Celebrates an Evening of Love Famuan Words of love filled the air Thursday night after Florida A&M University's Voices Poetry Group celebrated Valentine's Day early with the “Stroke My Mind” event at the Rattler's Den. Originally titled “Night of Amores” in past years, the third annual ... |
Love, Poetry and Song a hit at new venue Barbados Advocate That was the theme for this year's Love, Poetry and Song, held this time around at Charles Fort of the Hilton Barbados. The event, which took place on Saturday, Valentine's Day, provided a wonderfully inspiring activity for lovers, entire families, the ... |
Pasternak, Tsvetaeva and Rilke: Letters and love poems Russia Beyond the Headlines Love letters and poems provided an outlet for three poets separated by geography but united by the desolation of exile, loneliness and ill health to share their inner thoughts and creative endeavors. |
The Seattle Times | 'Dear Elizabeth': A love letter to letters, poets and poetry The Seattle Times Both hailed from proper New England clans and were rising literary stars passionately devoted to poetry. But their poetic styles and personal temperaments — hers cool and repressed, his volatile and heated — were markedly different. Bishop, later a U ... |
Onislam.net | He quoted a line of Babur's love poetry: “When I bend down to the earth to ... DAWN.com He quoted a line of Babur's love poetry: “When I bend down to the earth to kiss her foot, I feel my head is in the heavens.” “I don't know any other poet who glorified women and raised themes of lovesickness, homesickness and fidelity so evocatively as ... Uzbek Poetry Day Replaces "Alien" Valentine Uzbekistan backs poetry readings to replace 'alien' Valentine's |
Scholars and Rogues | Love and Time: Medieval Chinese Poetry Scholars and Rogues Love and Time is a collection of the poems of 11th century scholar/imperial official/literatus Ou-yang Hsiu. Ou-yang was a fascinating figure. A highly principled public official, he helped to implement important reforms that made the Song dynasty's ... |
Spanish is the Language of Love. English, of Poetry. Big Think (blog) Data just released by the VoIP app Viber indicates that the Spanish exchanged more love-related stickers in 2014 than any other nationality. This new data set is consistent with prior research that found Spanish has more words with a positive bias than ... |
Better the bittersweet love poem than the sugary Herald Scotland As sombre as they are heartfelt, the Sonnets are not everybody's idea of what love poems should be. Many of them remind us of the approach of death, something that preoccupied - and perhaps sharpened - Shakespeare's mind. "When I behold the violet ... |
Sowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog) | Pedi, poetry, proverbs in interracial love Sowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog) In his latest book, Son-in-law of the Boere, he portrays the love story of two young teachers employed shortly after the end of apartheid by HF Verwoerd High School in Pretoria. Kgoroto "KK" Mashobohleng is a Pedi man from the village of Mahwibitjwane, ... |
Newstalk 106-108 fm | How does love and poetry shape us? Newstalk 106-108 fm There are few themes that tie the passage of human literature together as much as love. Since the ancient 'Song of Songs', and probably before, we have celebrated the joys of loving and being loved. While the exact details have changed with the passage ... |
Faith Matters: Poetry helps discover what God has hidden in the world NJ.com She will discuss her book in Hoboken on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at 411 Clinton St. She told the audience that "writing poetry is the love of my life and what it means to be a human being." Norris described the writer's secret "when you know you got ... |
The Baylor Lariat | Armstrong Browning celebrates poetry, love The Baylor Lariat Armstrong Browning Library's seventh annual Valentine's Day Extravaganza will celebrate the love of poets Robert and Elizabeth Browning with music and a dessert reception. The event will take place from 2 – 4 p.m. Saturday in the library's McLean Foyer ... |
Sioux City Journal | What I'm Reading: Hearing the music and rhythm of poetry Sioux City Journal My mother would often read to me from A.A. Milne's 'When We Were Young' and 'Now We Are Six.' I loved (Milne's) poetry so much that I still read his work to my grandchildren. When I got much older, I discovered the poetry of Dylan Thomas, Gerard Manley ... |
The Redoubtreporter | Well read — School celebrates love of poetry for Valentine's Day The Redoubtreporter Photos courtesy of River City Academy. Dawnie Altman and Amelia Johnson took second place in the middle school division, personal poetry category for their submission, “Fun, Unique, Crazy, Kind Irritation Time,” in River City Academy's annual Valentine ... |
Entertainment Weekly | Leonard Nimoy remembered in Boulder County as Spock, poet Longmont Times-Call His poetry books include "We Are All Children Searching for Love," "Come Be With Me," "These Words Are for You," "Warmed By Love" and "A Lifetime of Love/Poems on the Passages of Life." Polis, a lifelong Trekkie not only remembers Nimoy, he remembers ... These Are Leonard Nimoy's Touching Final Words Of Wisdom Leonard Nimoy dead: Star Trek's Mr Spock's inspiring last words to the public 'Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy Dies At Age 83 & His Last Tweet Is Eerily ... |
Chicago Tribune | 15 for your Feb.14: Love songs or an iO square dance Chicago Tribune This will be an international gathering, with presenters from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Instituto Cervantes and other Chicago cultural institutions, with Suzanne Petri providing English-language love poems. 5 p.m. Saturday at the Poetry ... |
Stoke Sentinel | Valentine's Day tips for writing the perfect romantic poem Stoke Sentinel 5) Love poetry is driven by rhythm, the pattern of words that makes readers think of heart beats or dance steps. Are you going to fit lots of multisyllabic Latinate words into your lines for a delicate and precise sound; or will you go for the pounding ... |
The Crimson While | Leav explores themes of loneliness, happiness, doubt in short poems The Crimson While Her debut book of poetry, “Love and Misadventure,” is composed of 75 poems that make a reader want to listen to Sam Smith and John Legend on repeat. The soulful writing is unapologetic, and Leav harnesses the power of saying a lot with a little – the ... |
Exhibits, poetry, workshops and more during For the Love of Art Month Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES >> There's plenty on which to feast your senses during the 2015 For the Love of Art Month, starting today and running through Feb. 28 at venues throughout the Mesilla Valley. The celebration, started in 1998 by a group of artists who wanted ... |
Poet Jericho Brown reads, and we all listen Binghamton University Pipe Dream “Like what Jericho was saying, so often our inboxes are cluttered with YouTube and other videos of people falling or getting hurt and we are meant to laugh. Poetry is telling us to stay alive; all of us who love poetry know poetry can teach us to be ... |
Poet reads dark themed work The Daily Eastern News During the breaks between poems, she made comical references to the way she constantly needs to adjust her microphone stand by comparing herself to actress Angela Bassett in the Tina Turner movie “What's Love Got to Do with It.” She later attempted to ... |
Petoskey News-Review | 'The Poetry of Love' Petoskey News-Review The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra series of Sunday recitals will present Libor Ondras and friends in a program titled “The Poetry of Love” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Petoskey. Ondras will be joined by soprano, Diane ... |
Scholars and Rogues | The ink dark moon: Medieval Japanese poetry… Scholars and Rogues Romances were begun, consummated, continued, and ended via clever, occasionally striking, poems exchanged by lovers. In the cases of Ono no Kamachi and Izumi Shikibu, the sustained brilliance of their poetic output made their forays into love poetry ... |
Irish Times | A poem for Ireland, poetry for everyone Irish Times I started singing Anahorish as I was reading it, and I performed it with Zoe Conway and John McIntyre at the Seamus Heaney tribute concert in the National Concert Hall last year. I've set the poem to music for my new record and I love the above opening ... |
Cowboy poets tell stories of bad broncs and ranch romances San Antonio Express-News I'd always written poems but kept them hidden. My friends thought poetry was strange," she said. And as they do early each spring, those who love the now-vanishing cowboy life, as well as the simply curious, come from afar to the Big Bend to celebrate ... |
nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper | Poetry, love, revolution nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper One day someone asked himself, 'do revolutions begin with poetry and end with the abandonment of love?' More than 10 years later he asked himself another question: 'Do revolutions begin with love and end with the abandonment of poetry?' Ten years later ... |
A Modern Guide to the Love Letter The Atlantic The 19th-century British author Thomas Hood must have thought himself the perfect poet in adopting so grandiloquent a tone when he opened a love letter to his wife with "My own dearest and best." Unfortunately, Mrs. Hood, if well educated, would have ... |
POETRY: LOVE Harrison Daily (subscription) 4 Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person. 5 Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts. 6 Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an ... |
SILive.com | Watch: The typewriter is the machine of poetry at Staten Island Museum's 'Love ... SILive.com "I love handwriting, but there's something about the instrumentation of the typewriter ... every letter matters, and there's something beautiful about ink to paper, immediacy, poetry," she says. She hands over the finished product which inevitably ... |
Polytech High School student from Smyrna wins Delaware Poetry Out Loud contest Dover Post “It's an honor to win an award doing something that I love.” In addition to an all-expenses paid trip to the national finals in Washington, D.C., she won $200 and her school will receive a $500 stipend to purchase poetry books. Sturgis explained how ... |
Love of family is theme among poetry contest winners Herald-Mail Media Adult winner Kathleen H. Hull of Sharpsburg wrote “Ginkgo” about a loving, funny spat with her husband when they were newlyweds. Teen winner Dakota Vaughn of Hagerstown wrote about the loving touch of a mother in “My Mother's Hands.” Tween winner ... |
Daily Sabah | From West to East: My journey with Rumi Daily Sabah I soon found myself visiting bookstores on my days off, and browsing the Internet late at night, reading his inspirational poems and messages of love. I would take a book to my favorite cafe and read for hours, which was not something I was used to ... |
Pittsburgh Post Gazette | For Pittsburgh poet Billie Nardozzi, rhyme is a daily vitamin Pittsburgh Post Gazette PITTSBURGH — One of Billie Nardozzi's greatest strengths as a poet is persistence. “I do pretty much one a day — like the vitamins,” he said after serving a visitor doughnuts at his kitchen table one recent afternoon. Mr. Nardozzi, 58 years old ... This Pittsburgh Poet Has Fans in a Palace That Rhymes With Cluckingham |
Valentine's Concert An Evening Of Poetry And Music About Love WNIJ and WNIU “We call it 'Scenes of Love: Through it All' – through it all is actually a line from one of Trinadora's songs – and instead of just looking at all the happy things of love, we're looking at many facets of what it means to fall in love, what it means ... |
The Indian Express | Irshad Kamil on first romantic poetry book 'Ek Maheena Nazmon Ka' The Indian Express In the age of modern love and online hook ups Irshad Kamil believes in the importance of slowing things down. In a short span, Kamil has built his cred as a successful and versatile songwriter in Bollywood. His songs are a beautiful blend of romance ... |
eCoronado.com (blog) | Local Literary Group Publishes "Coronado On My Mind, a Compilation of Poems ... eCoronado.com (blog) The Coronado Scribes, a compilation of doctors, lawyers, professionals and amateurs who all share one thing in common – a love of writing – meet there weekly. Now, the group has released their first book, a 118-page collection of poetry and prose aptly ... |
Harvard Crimson | 'Another Eternity' Entrancing Electronic Poetry Harvard Crimson “Begin Again,” a slow-building dance track, features a series of paired lines of grandiose language that bring to mind epic love poems of eons ago: “I need not one thing more / Oh, wrap the ground around / Your gentle winding mind / Oh, guard the ... |
The Breeze | Open mic night showcases student poetry The Breeze That's how far Katherine Dolan, a '14 alumna, is traveling to emcee JMU's Word is Born Writers' Society's third annual Love Me, Love Me Not poetry jam. But to her, the four-and-a-half-hour drive from her home in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is worth it. |
Kansas City Star | Readorama: Poets behind bars produce another volume of poetry Kansas City Star “I love poetry, so it's very rewarding to see them develop a love for it, too.” Educated at Macalester College and the University of Minnesota, and also a former Navy pilot, Buyert began writing and publishing poetry on the advice of a therapist after ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Erotica: Poetry and sex continue to make the most arousing bedfellows Telegraph.co.uk Another quality of poetry - which allows a way to say the unsayable - is what did and does make it the perfect medium for gay erotica. John Donne's Sappho to Philaenis is a passionate plea for understanding of same sex love. Dangerous, sexual words ... |
'Painting with Words' poetry reading slated for Feb. 25 in Roselle Park NJ.com "Painting With Words", a monthly evening of poetry will take place at The Casano Community Center Art Gallery in Roselle Park, Feb. 25, from 6:30-8 p.m.. It will be hosted by Roselle Park's Poet Laureate, Leona M Seufert. The Art Gallery is located in ... February's Poetry Night Focuses On Love |
The Atlantic | Maria von Trapp: The Preeminent Manic Pixie Dream Girl The Atlantic As well-loved and frequently aped as the movie is, one fact about it is often overlooked, namely that its protagonist, Maria von Trapp (née Fraulein Maria), is one of the earliest examples of an affected and oft-debated cinematic trope. She is, despite ... |
Slate Magazine | This Essay About Tess of the D'Urbervilles Was Due 25 Years Ago. I Finally ... Slate Magazine The scene in which Angel Clare, while sleepwalking, expresses the love and forgiveness he can't show Tess in waking hours, evokes the hallucinatory quality of King Lear's Dover cliffs scene, but lacks the power and poetry of Shakespeare. And Hardy's ... |
Elle UK Magazine | Michelle Williams For ELLE Elle UK Magazine In fact, rather than catching up on Twitter on her phone, you'll find Williams reading poetry instead. Really: 'I love poetry because it's like a shot, like an attack, like a dose. And for a person who doesn't have very much free time, it does its work ... |
Philly.com | Poetry at the grassroots Philly.com I love the Society / I love it a lot / Without the Society / I would be not. You see, Milanese's father and mother met and fell in love at the Society for Poets of Southern New Jersey. Anthony and Lynette Milanese got married in 1990, and their son, 21 ... |
Best Books: College Edition Huffington Post However, I really do love this book, and it doesn't stand out from the millions of other books I read only because I was stunned when I realized Michelangelo wrote poetry, even though I was, but because his poetry is so beautifully written. If you like ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Poems by Iain Banks and Ken MacLeod, review: 'blazing energy' Telegraph.co.uk Before 1997's A Song of Stone became a novel, Banks wrote it as a poem, and his very first piece of published work was a poem in New Writing Scotland in 1983 (the poem, an ethereal love lyric called “041”, is included in this book). But he doesn't seem ... |
Springfield News-Leader | Central senior a 'purpose-driven' poet Springfield News-Leader That love served her well during the recent regional Poetry Out Loud competition, hosted by the Springfield Regional Arts Council. She found, memorized and performed three poems. She won first place. In mid-March, Foster will represent the southwest ... |
The News Journal | Dr. John previews sold out Queen show The News Journal I loved it." Last year, Dr. John was feted in New Orleans by a legion of admirers at a tribute entitled "The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & His Music." Artists like Bruce Springsteen, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Mavis Staples, Gregg ... |
Eliot in Love Patheos (blog) Eliot's biographers believe that the two had a romance at that stage. Charting the biographical milestones, some believe she was the inspiration for Eliot's early poem La Figlia Che Piange, which is a reverie for a lost love—a young woman who was ... |
TheNewsTribune.com | Local high school students named regional winners in Poetry Out Loud contest TheNewsTribune.com “I found poems that really spoke to me and that I could really fall in love with,” Padgett said. Padgett, a senior at Eatonville High School, shared the top honors with Kate Atwell from Vashon Island High School, Gabriella Sipe of Olympia High School ... |
Greeneville Sun | Plight, Legacy Of 'Buffalo Soldiers' Told During Black History Celebration Event Greeneville Sun It included poetry and other readings, hymns, a praise dance and four scholarship presentations by the George Clem Multicultural Alliance (GCMA), sponsor of the annual observance to honor black history. Valentine is a ... "I fell in love with them. I ... |
Huffington Post | The 8 Essential Kinds of Books That Every Kid Should Own Huffington Post Poets like Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein teach kids that, when assembled correctly -- even in ways that don't seem to make sense -- words can make a person feel a ridiculously deep range of emotions, and kids LOVE THAT. 6. Nonfiction books. Because ... Tips for Reading Aloud with your Kids Every Day |
WFDD | UNCSA Winter Dance, Poet Tony Abbott, Blind Idol, and Behind the Scenes with ... WFDD The ambitious poet eventually made the upwardly mobile decision (in terms of English Society at that time) to switch to Anglicanism. He went on to become the best preacher in England, but in his prior life he was a 16th century bad boy, writing love ... |
GeekDad (blog) | Stack Overflow: Powerful GeekDad (blog) Many of the poems have a straightforward ABCB rhyme scheme and some are free verse, and they're all quite sentimental. At the time, we mostly just found humor in the idea that the man who played Spock wrote sappy love poems. But reading through the ... |
Lincoln Journal Star | Lincoln High student enlists help of acclaimed poet to express thanks to teacher Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln High teacher Deborah McGinn loves writing, she loves her students, and she loves poetry — especially the work of acclaimed contemporary poet Billy Collins. Those passions converged last week in a short, handwritten note stuffed in her school ... |
ESPN | How Imani McGee-Stafford Found Her Voice -- And A Reason To Live ESPN She fell in love. And more importantly she found the one thing she didn't have all those lonely nights when death seemed like her only solace -- her voice. "The first poem I wrote I was 12," she says. "I used to think I was gonna be a singer when I got ... |
Jewish Telegraphic Agency | Behind those pointy ears, a 'nice, earnest Jewish boy' Jewish Telegraphic Agency Nimoy has been a highly regarded acting teacher and, in a little-known side of the man, the author of three volumes of poetry, illustrated with his own photographs. He has recorded 10 narrative albums and, in 1975, wrote his autobiography, which was ... What Leonard Nimoy Meant to My Nerdy Mother in 1970s Texas Leonard Nimoy, 1931–2015 Leonard Nimoy's Many Accomplishments Included More Than The ... |
Irish Times | In praise of Paula Meehan, by Maureen Kennelly Irish Times I love her verbal energy and the profound compassion that I find in her work. She is a dynamic public advocate for Irish poetry. I was thrilled when she was announced as Ireland Professor of Poetry. In that role, she has set out her stall as being to ... |
Chicago Tribune | Evanston rounds out Black History Month at new community center Chicago Tribune "I love it," said Morrison's grandson, William David Morrison II, of Chicago. "I'm really ... The presentation included music by keyboardist Gwen Edmonds, of Evanston, and a poetry reading by Eva McCann, of Chicago, and Charles Toney-Jones, of Evanston. |
Breitbart News | The Left Is Tired Of Persuasion Breitbart News Debates are no longer won through either reason or poetry; they're won by kneecapping the opposition, shouting them down, and questioning their moral standing to speak. No matter how intellectually spent a movement might be, the prospect of a wild hunt ... |
Chicago Tonight | WTTW | Colombian Artist's Work Speaks to Universal Themes Chicago Tonight | WTTW They look found because they use the vocabulary of the domestic sphere, the recollection of sitting around a dining room with those you love. But you look closer and you see ... She reads; she's influenced by poetry and literature. The labor involved ... |
Flavorwire | Can This Small Publisher's Radiohead-Style Plan Change the Way Books Are ... Flavorwire With the release poet Noah Eli Gordon's The Word Kingdom in the Word Kingdom, Brooklyn Arts Press is attempting something rare in small publishing — they are trying to change the way books are sold. Specifically, BAP, run by managing editor and ... |
'Poetry of Love:' Orchestra performs Sunday recital Petoskey News-Review Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra performs “Poetry of Love” as part of its Sunday Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Petoskey, featuring Libor Ondras on the Viola D'Amore, Diane Penning, soprano, Sheryl Lott on piano, and ... |
The Secret of Poetry That Reaches a Truly Wide Audience Huffington Post This quote from fellow poet Alice Fulton appears frequently on Collins dust jackets and in his press coverage: "Billy Collins puts the 'fun' back in 'profundity.'" Perhaps that's a good way to put it -- but while Aimless Love hit the New York Times ... |
Slate Magazine (blog) | Read a Funny, Moving Story From Philip Levine's Final Lecture As Poet Laureate Slate Magazine (blog) Once the Library of Theodore Miles, an inspiring poet and former faculty member at Wayne who died while serving in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. The line that I remembered: "When in a mirror, love redeems my eyes." The opening line of a ... |
Statesman Journal | Poetry fest takes over Silverton starting Feb. 27 Statesman Journal Now in its 15th year, the festival was started by a small group of Silverton residence who shared a love of poetry. The festival aims to promote and celebrate poetry as a literary form richly woven into American history, culture and community at a ... |
Teens speak out on suicide, intolerance through poetry Gainesville Sun Stanley Richardson, right, the founder and artistic director of ARTSPEAK, introduces Nicole Harris, left, the youth program coordinator at Gainesville High School, welcomes the audience to the ARTSPEAK: Our Young Voices Teen Poetry Showcase held at the ... |
Toronto Star | New York woman creates 50 shades of mimicry Toronto Star I also figured that the love scenes were probably the most consistent and distinctive. So that was what I was aiming for, the beginning where the two of them are very excited about being with each other, but they had not yet done anything,” Wray said. |
Chicago Tribune | Photos as love letter on display Chicago Tribune Yet, no subject brought him more joy than his beloved Florence, and now those photos will be featured in an exhibit entitled "Art Shay, His Life and Love," debuting at The Art Center Highland Park on Friday from 6:30 p.m. to -9 p.m.. The exhibition ... |
The Guardian | Poet Pablo Neruda to be reburied in Chile following judge's ruling The Guardian More than four decades after his death, Neruda's poetry remains as powerful as ever. From early this year, trains on Santiago's Metro have been emblazoned with text from his celebrated 1924 collection, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. A debate ... |
The Quietus | Peer Review: Orante Resignation - Crispin Best Interviews Rebecca Perry The Quietus In my teens I found Lorca and Tennessee Williams through their plays; the only possession I really 'prize' is a first edition Lorca I was given as a gift and he was certainly my first poetry love. I studied theatre of the absurd at university and ... |
The Guardian | Jenny Offill: life after Dept. of Speculation – the underdog persona's not ... The Guardian There is a certain chutzpah in letting 15 years go by and then publishing a novel fewer than 200 pages long that looks more like a poem. As well as having her daughter Theodora at 35, Offill was wrestling with an earlier version of the book, formed ... |
Ubyssey Online | Strangers on a Train gives students and alumni the venue to share poetry Ubyssey Online With writers coming from diverse communities and of different generations, Strangers on a Train provides a chance for strangers to gather and share their love of poetry. The event is organized by Heather Jessup and Thor Polukoshko, instructors in ... |
AL.com | TEDxBirmingham speakers tell attendees to 'have courage' as they seek to ... AL.com He then started reading at the Montevallo Poetry Slam on a regular basis and found not just his poetic voice but a new community and sense of place. "I love poetry not for the speaking but the listening," he said. "These poets became my brothers ... |
The Express Tribune | Season's greetings: How Sindh lost its spring The Express Tribune Quoting the poetry of another Sindhi poet, Haleem Bagi, who called himself the 'rebellion', Pirzado said, “Gulan je mausam kaliyoon na aandiyoon, bahar aanda putan ja lasha [Spring did not bring with it fragrance, but bodies of our loved ones].” He ... |
Refinery29 | Mary Lambert Is Not Afraid To Talk About Anything Refinery29 Singer Mary Lambert is taking over the world. In addition to her poetry, musical collabs, a recently released debut LP (Heart On My Sleeve), blogs, videos, and plans to one day conquer Broadway, the 25-year-old Massachusetts resident is still planning ... |
Indie Wire | Adrian Grenier and Josh Zeman Team Up to Embark on a Quest for Find the ... Indie Wire "Whales have spindle cells, the same cells that humans, primates and elephants have that allow us to love, feel excluded and work in cooperative groups," Zeman explained. Whales also have much bigger brains than we do, so they have double the spindle ... |
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