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Words of Meaning May Change Our Lives -- New Book Brings to Life the Power of Words and Poetry (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2008 -- Reflection is a personal way of finding meaning in our lives covering a vast series of issues that include religion, work, dreams, and environment just to name a few.
23 Jul 2008, 7:57 pm | click here for more
Announcing the teams competing at the National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
Hundreds of spoken word performers from around the United States, along with a handful from Canada and Europe, are in the midst of preparations for this year's National Poetry Slam, which be held in Madison over the first week of August. Competing in teams of four or five members apiece, each will take the stage and give their best through a series of bouts at the competition. Altogether they ...
23 Jul 2008, 4:02 am | click here for more
Manukau poetry competition winners (Scoop.co.nz)
The winners in the inaugural Bernard Gadd Memorial Poetry Prize were announced at a Montana Poetry Week celebration held at Howick Library on Friday.
21 Jul 2008, 5:56 pm | click here for more
JANE GLENN HAAS: Poetry, schmoetry! (Centre Daily Times)
Here we go again About to take that ride again Starry-eyed again Taking a chance on rhyme. Every year it seems You share with me your dreams Confident, it seems That your poem isn't a crime. Watch your meter now Tell us the secret how You're ageing with a bow And you can be in "Our Time"
23 Jul 2008, 8:04 am | click here for more
Isle teens win top poetry slam prize (Honolulu Advertiser)
The five teens in Youth Speaks Hawai'i won first place at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The winning teens are Will Giles of Hawai'i Kai, Alaka'i Kotrys of Kunia, Jocelyn Ng of Kaimuki, Jamaica Osorio of Palolo Valley and Ittai Wong of Kailua.
22 Jul 2008, 6:07 am | click here for more
Open air poetry with passion (The Budapest Sun)
Ágnes Vinkovits meets three very different English language poets at the latest Pilvax reading
23 Jul 2008, 11:15 am | click here for more
Poetry Workshop Offered at Court House Library (Cape May County Herald)
07/24/2008 - 6:00p.m. to 07/24/2008 - 7:00p.m.
23 Jul 2008, 9:15 pm | click here for more
Casting Announced for MTC's Romantic Poetry and Ruined (Playbill)
Romantic Poetry , which will start performances at New York City middle – Stage I Sept. 30, will feature Ivan Hernandez ( Zhivago, The Fantasticks ), Mark Linn-Baker ( Almost An Evening, "Perfect Strangers") and Patina Renea Miller ( Hair , "every My kids").
23 Jul 2008, 3:02 pm | click here for more
Poetry reading at Edison library Aug. 13 (Edison Sentinel)
Rowan University student and Edison resident Joseph Carlough will be reading some of his award-winning poetry, plus a short story, at the Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. Reserve a seat by calling the library at 732-287-2298, ext. 1, or sign up at the circulation desk.
22 Jul 2008, 6:51 pm | click here for more
Poetry focuses on biblical story of Job to challenge reader (The Oklahoman)
In "Not Exactly Job” (Mongrel Empire Press, $14), Nathan Brown of Norman has created an extraordinary work of poetry that challenges the reader. The challenges arrive in the questions created in the book's format. every of Brown's poems in this collection focus on some aspect of the Bible's book of Job. At times, the narrator uses first-person to communicate with God and Job; other times, he uses ...
23 Jul 2008, 12:37 am | click here for more