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Staff Picks for March 2010
Posted by mamta on Sunday, March 07, 2010 (08:14:49)
Collaborative poetry always fascinated me. I had a great time writing mine with another fellow poet here on the site, Fenix9. It was fun and I liked the concept of merging two voices, different thoughts and ideas and in our case working out on a single theme from different cities.
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Mink Bay - a multiple part series - Part III
Posted by mamta on Saturday, February 27, 2010 (05:39:16)
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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Poetry Is Doomed #26: Olympic Verse & Lucille Clifton
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (05:22:24)
This weekend one really big door opened for poetry on the world stage, while another big door closed on the canon.
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Mink Bay - a multiple part series - Part II
Posted by mamta on Monday, February 01, 2010 (06:46:13)
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 (07:09:22)
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 (08:18:08)
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 (07:23:55)
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 (09:44:39)
Here's a couple of new essays wrapped around the Holidays.
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Favorite Childhood Books No One Else Knew
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:45:11)
You know those obscure picture books you read as a child over and over again? The ones that delighted or haunted you, that stayed with you over the years, that helped form you as a person—but no one else has ever heard of them?
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Mellody Hobson: How to wow your audience
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:39:33)
She gave it another try and went on to win the district-wide speech contest for her school. Instead of poetry, these days the president of Ariel Investments, a mutual fund company with $5.1 billion under management ...
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WritingRaw is reaching out and proud to announce our March 15, 2010 issue of www
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:35:54)
Or, use the Writing Raw Book Store to promote your novel or poetry collection: If you have a novel or collection that you would like to place in our store, we would be more than happy to do so - for FREE. Just send us a copy of the cover of the book, a brief synopsis, and a link as to where the material can be purchased....
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Writer's boost
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:33:09)
“The Sandhills conference is designed to assist writers and help them to better craft their stories, poems, novels and creative nonfiction,” said Anthony Kellman, conference director and professor of creative writing at ASU....
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SXSW Review: The Happy Poet
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:30:52)
THe Happy Poet is the kind of indie film that puts Hollywood to shame -- a low-key comedy with a simple story that leaves you with a smile. The comedy isn't outrageously insulting, and the protagonist isn't hamming it up to force laughs. Instead, it's a genuine story that people can relate to, carnivores and vegetarians alike. ...
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Kids invited to display poems at Orcas Library
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:28:24)
Poetry News: In honor of National Poetry Month, young poets, from ages 7 to 18, are invited to submit their poems for display in the Orcas Island Library during the month of April.
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Notre Dame giving Laetare Medal to former National Endowment for the Arts leader
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:15:23)
Gioia, who had won several top poetry awards, was appointed NEA chairman by President George W. Bush in 2003. He held the position for more than six years. ...
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MMC's young authors capture honors in writing contest
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:13:11)
Recently, the young MMC scribes stepped up to the plate and went pen-to-pen against a number of their peers in both the 2009-2010 Northwest Iowa Reading Council Creative Writing and Poetry Contests. ...
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Senior will take another stab at top poetry prize
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:09:22)
Poetry News: Western Hills High School senior Barbara Gooding recites "Hate Poem" by Julie Sheehan in the second round of state finals for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest.
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National Steinbeck Center to hold children's poetry contest
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:07:21)
Poetry News: In honor of National Poetry month in April, the National Steinbeck Center will hold a poetry contest open to children 12 and under.
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Patti Smith to Be Honored at 27th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:05:53)
Patti Smith emerged in the 1970s, galvanizing the music scene with her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock and roll. In 1975 the album Horses established Smith as one of the most original and influential artists of her ...
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Pi Day promotes math, science; Students compete in creative contests using the d
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:03:46)
The challenge is we take the numbers of pi and we create a poem, it's a haiku-style poem, so each line has a single word in it. Each of those corresponds to the numbers within pi,” Walker said.
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Poetry group celebrates tenth anniversary
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:01:31)
Poetry News: A POETRY and jazz event will be held tomorrow to celebrate the tenth anniversary of an Enfield literary group.
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Words blossom for spring
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (18:00:30)
"Unlike conventional poetry readings, the Vertigo Voices series is designed to unfold as a dialogue and discussion on the process of writing," ...
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Hinesburg student wins Cabot poetry prize
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (17:57:03)
Three Vermont middle-school students were the cream of the crop out of the hundreds of fifth- through eighth-graders from around New England who submitted poems about dairy farming.
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