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American Life in Poetry: Finding a Bible in an Abandoned Cabin  BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006
Most of us love to find things, and to discover a quarter on the sidewalk can make a whole day seem brighter. In this poem, Robert Wrigley, who lives in Idaho, finds what's left of a Bible, and describes it so well that we can almost feel it in our hands. Read More... |
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 What it Feels Like for a Girl: Girl Talk: Poetry News: Jennica Harper writes poetry for people who don't like poetry. Her second book, What It Feels Like for a Girl, chronicles an intense relationship between two teenage girls.
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American Life in Poetry: Cutting Hair: BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006
Occupational hazards, well, you have to find yourself in the occupation to know about those. Here Minnie Bruce Pratt of Alabama gives us an ...
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Forever Friends Edited by Shelagh Watkins: Poetry News: ... who set up Mandinam Press in January 2008, published and edited this varied collection of captivating stories and poetry. Shelagh, who was born in Lancashire, is also one of the writ...
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 | Boston Poetry Slam
MA - PRESS RELEASE: Performance Poetry Legend Richard Cambridge Features at Bost: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2008
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 | In the Traditional Media
The 2008 US Presidential Election:  Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday's election, we will see something historic. Either we will have the first blac...
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Ani Difranco: Collaborating In Song, Going Solo In Poetry: Never one to stop moving for long, folk icon Ani DiFranco is not just a singer-songwriter, but a multi-instrumentalist and producer, co-owner of the record label Righteous Babe, a published author and...
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Zero Point Zero: From Page to Stage -- How Text Reflects Performance: In looking back over the columns I've written over the years, I realize that I've never really addressed myself to the question of how what goes on the page reflects what comes out of my mouth on the ...
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I often write of trains: Many think of haiku as a short poetic form whose subject matter typically pertains to nature. Urban drone that I am, I confess to being nature-impaired: I really wouldn't know a hawk from a handsaw. ...
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Grace in the Shadow of the Big Tree - Chapter 45: And as we listened, the last piece of grass in all of Ohio named itself in alien noises and in painful quiet, and in the shifting of things, and in bare cupboards. Going into town was necessary....
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