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Mink Bay - a multiple part series - Part II
Posted by mamta on Monday, February 01, 2010 (05:46:13)
This is a true story about a quick trip out to Mink Bay, located in Boca de Quadra, about 40 miles as the eagle flies south of Ketchikan, Alaska. Life is somewhat different in Southeast, I hope readers enjoy the ride.
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Slam Winners
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (06:09:22)
Leggolas is back in the limelight this time for winning his second Poet of the Month Slam. He shares his views on poetry and himself here.
The Poem of the Month Slam for December was won by Stardust. Then winning poem can be read here.
Congratulations to both winners!!
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Staff Picks for January 2010
Posted by mamta on Sunday, January 10, 2010 (07:18:08)
The hype surrounding the New Year is finally over. We are at the end of another decade. I hope the New Year has begun on a promising note for all of you.
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Mink Bay - a multiple part series - Part I
Posted by mamta on Monday, January 04, 2010 (06:23:55)
This is a true story about a quick trip out to Mink Bay, located in Boca de Quadra, about 40 miles as the eagle flies south from Ketchikan, Alaska. Life is somewhat different in Southeast, I hope readers enjoy the ride.
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December '09 amusings.
Posted by mamta on Sunday, January 03, 2010 (08:44:39)
Here's a couple of new essays wrapped around the Holidays.
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Tony Hicks: Nothing says love like Valentine's Day on the cheap
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:57:46)
Get the lyrics off the Internet and write them out, poetry style. Maybe draw a little picture with hearts and whatnot. Voila - you are now a poet. Chicks dig poets. Better yet, if you own ...
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2/9: Burgers, Bubbles and the Best Specials
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:55:46)
Reading with Bubbles: Today is National Read in the Bathtub Day and what better place to host a poetry reading than the Bubble House in University City . The Painted Bride is pleased to present poets Matthew Shindell and Bojan ...
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Teen Art Jam planned at the Sayre Public Library
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:53:04)
Participants will be given a time slot to show their artwork, sing, play an instrument, act out their favorite scene from a play, book, or movie, or read poetry that they have written or from their favorite poet. Refreshments will be served....
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Henning, former area pastor, publishes poetry book
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:51:00)
“My work has mostly to do with the soulful struggles that we all go through, no matter what our religious orientation might be,” said Henning, now pastor at Eastgate Christian Church in Indianapolis. ...
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Poetry competition hones skills
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:49:35)
Poetry News: Middletown High School student Mellany Watson earned a first-place score in the Poetry Out Loud competition, which showcased three county high school students' memorization and recitation abilities on Saturday.
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Is 'your' song really a love song?
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:48:35)
Ah, the love song. No relationship worth admiring stands without a certain ditty the couple has staked out as "theirs." That song that the two of them can name in one note and that warms their hearts before the lyrics even start....
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William Parker -- Who Owns Music?
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:45:51)
Besides the informative foreword, written by the poet David Budbill, the book is divided into six parts: "listening to universe," "sound journal entries 1967-2006," "document humanum," "father of sound," "dreams" and "poems." The topics include everything from influential bassists to the educational system, the role of criticism, poverty, war and the death of Parker's father—but the common denominator is the quest to be a better human being through the realization of the power of music....
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Karaoke, Rockaroke, Bahia Rowen and other things to do tonight
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:43:43)
Poetry News: If you're looking for something to do here are a few items from our online GO&DO Calendar. Do you have plans for something fun this week? Let us know what's happening in your world; add a comment or email mary.anderson @ thenewstribune.com ARTS & CRAFTS
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Meet Clover author, artist Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Lake Wylie
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:41:34)
Clarkin of Clover recently published “Off the Beaten Path,” a collection of her poetry and short writings showcased with some of her paintings. A portion of the proceeds, 20 percent, from sales of the 30-plus page book will go to Lake Wylie’s All Saints Catholic Church charities....
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Oxnard College lecture series is a diverse offering
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (10:34:17)
We've also had elementary schoolchildren come to poetry readings or other presentations before." Her ultimate goal for the series "is to expand our audiences," ...
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PA-Rhyme at your own risk
Posted by loisseau on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (07:50:00)
"romance" should not sound like a group of ancient Italians. 4. Only rhyme if you know how Not all poetry has to rhyme. In fact, some of the best poems in the world don't even bother. Sometimes, choosing not to rhyme can save you a ...
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Blood on Sofa Proved to Be Pushkin's
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (05:24:36)
Pushkin is considered to be one of Russia’s greatest poets, and something of a national hero. The author’s rich language, ingenious rhymes and liberal politics awed not only his contemporaries but following generations, too. Pushkin’s epic poems such as “Yevgeny Onegin,” “The Bronze Horseman” and “Boris Godunov,” as well as his prose and poetic fairytales, have become much-loved classics of Russian literature....
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Over the Weekend: The Upper Echelon Tour with Myka Nyne
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (05:22:42)
Poetry News: The Upper Echelon Tour with Myka Nyne The Green Elephant Sunday, February 7 Better Than: The poetry that your English Lit teacher thought would inspire your love of words.
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Loss of common creative space
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (05:19:16)
For a professor of economics, and a Nobel laureate in the same subject, who is critiquing the philosophical notions of justice propounded so far, it was perhaps a bit unusual to rely on the poetic creatures that rely more on intuition than on reason....
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Park University Will Host Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (05:17:39)
Poetry News: NEWS RELEASE: Park University will host the regional high school competition Poetry Out Loud on Tuesday, Feb 16.
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Open mics for open minds
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (05:15:27)
On this chilly evening, the trio welcomed a lineup of amateurs to the stage that included a Russian singer, an Australian poet and a local comic, Johnny Scoop, who is also a rising storyteller, along with a featured performer named Christie Rose, an angelic-looking chanteuse who sings down-and-dirty blues....
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The Browser by Stuart Kelly
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (05:11:46)
It's nearly here! I write, of course, of the computer game Dante's Inferno, loosely based on some terza-rima theological poem. "It's a highbrow/lowbrow project by design," say the programmers....
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Poetry After the Beep
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 (05:11:11)
On a whim, we asked people to read their favorite short poems into our answering machine for a project we called Verse By Voice. And they did, creating maybe the first-ever poetry meme. ...
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