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Waste Land auction shows print value, Gutenberg problems for poetry
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (14:48:02)
A rare UK first edition copy of “The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, donated to Oxfam, is to be auctioned at Bonhams in London on June 25, where it is estimated to fetch £2,000-3,000 ($3,100-4,700)..
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Little Girl - poem by Tami Haaland | Ted Kooser
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (04:36:51)
Poetry News: American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation , publisher ofPoetry magazine.
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American Life in Poetry
Posted by mamta on Sunday, June 16, 2013 (05:57:22)
Poetry News: Here's a poem by Robin Chapman, from Wisconsin, that needs no introduction, because we've all known an elder ... Need this information? You may purchase access to it by subscribing for one month to HTO at a cost of $8.95 .
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AZ - Haboob Haiku: Year Two
Posted by wordsmithwannabe on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 (07:10:00)
Poetry News: ... reminding drivers about the dangers of dust storms and monsoon storms. A haiku is a form of structured Japanese poetry that follows the traditional rules of three lines of five, seven and five syllables, respectively. The haikus are designed to ...
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The Learning Network Blog: Found Poem Favorite | 'I Cannot Tell'
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 (15:10:00)
This poem, one of 12 winners of our fourth annual Found Poem Student Contest, was written by Cristobal, 14, from Naples, Fla. The poem comes from the Learning Network post “Poetry Pairing | ‘Once Upon a Midnight Dreary’”.
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Poetry: It's complicated
Posted by fogglethorpe on Sunday, June 09, 2013 (15:22:51)
How do you choose between the two?
How do you make everything right?
They both mean just so much to you
to choose is causing sleepless nights.
It's hard to leave the first behind..
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American Life in Poetry - Sun, 09 Jun 2013 PST
Posted by fogglethorpe on Sunday, June 09, 2013 (14:04:01)
Lots of us find ourselves under the interested fingers of dermatologists, who prosper on the fun we once had out in the sun. Here George Bilgere of Ohio, one of our most amusing American poets, sits back in his skin doctor’s chair and reminisces about a party that took place years ago..
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First Edition | Poetry
Posted by fogglethorpe on Friday, June 07, 2013 (07:34:36)
A former ritual leader with the Aquarian Minyan in Berkeley, Reuven Goldfarb co-founded and edited AGADA, the illustrated Jewish literary magazine, and taught Jewish Studies in local Hebrew schools and English at Merritt College while writing poems, stories, divrei Torah, and essays that have been published in Israel and the U.S..
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NM- The Sunday Poem: Mary Oishi....when i sing of seeds
Posted by fogglethorpe on Sunday, June 02, 2013 (17:26:03)
I actually got to hear Mary Oishi read this poem at her recent feature at Speak, Poet! (a great poetry open mic/feature series hosted by Andrea Serrano here in Albuquerque) and I was at once floored and quieted by the swirling music, the forceful breeze of this poem. I hope you feel the same way..
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Kooser: 'American Life in Poetry'
Posted by fogglethorpe on Sunday, June 02, 2013 (13:30:56)
Poetry News: You can't get closer to our hunter-gatherer ancestors than by clawing in the earth with your fingers.
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Kooser: 'American Life in Poetry'
Posted by mamta on Sunday, June 02, 2013 (08:47:44)
Poetry News: The Gretna City Council approved plans for the Fields of Gretna, an 80-acre recreational area that will include soccer, baseball and softball fields.
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Poems from the Hoot: Brushing a Blind Horse
Posted by wordsmithwannabe on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 (07:00:00)
Poetry News: The Portsmouth Poetry Hoot, sponsored by the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program, is held the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Cafe Espresso, 738 Islington St., Portsmouth.
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At last, we get Tolkien's take on King Arthur
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 (15:00:00)
When J. R. R. Tolkien takes on the legendary King Arthur, you can expect something special.
Unpublished until now, the poem “The Fall of Arthur” was Tolkien’s take on the legendary leader and aftermath of the fall of Camelot..
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Block Island School poets
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 (14:55:26)
Each year the Rhode Island Council of the International Reading Association asks all Rhode Island students, in grades K-12, to submit poems anywhere from 8 to 25 lines long that respond to the following theme:
“Dig deep into your imagination, a poem may sprout and blossom! An idea gem once hidden may be brought to the surface and polished.”
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A Knot of Worms, poem by Marsha Truman Cooper | Ted Kooser
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 (00:29:18)
Here's a delightful poem about digging for bait by Marsha Truman Cooper, a California American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation ( www.poetryfoundation.org ), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by ...
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'Fame's Eternal Camping Ground'
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 27, 2013 (15:17:57)
On this Memorial Day, as on others, every American will turn to his own thoughts and prayers, and recall his own favorite speeches, music, and poetry..
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Memorial Day poetry collection
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 27, 2013 (15:15:28)
Poetry News: Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
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NM- The Sunday Poem: Karla Linn Merrifield... Be Now My Anasazi
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 27, 2013 (15:00:00)
Karla Linn Merrifield is a seven-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a National Park Artist-in-Residence. Her newest book is Lithic Scatter and Other Poems, published by Stewart Warren's Albuquerque-based publishing house, Mercury Heartlink. She will be featured at a reading/workshop at Jules's Poetry Playhouse on Tuesday, June 4th..
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11 Examples of Hilarious Kid Poetry
Posted by fogglethorpe on Sunday, May 26, 2013 (16:00:00)
It's no secret kids are smart little nuggets. For starters, they're chock-full of helpful logic and know how to fool parents with a fib..
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Ian Macmillan is inspired for poem on Bradford's World Curry Festival
Posted by fogglethorpe on Friday, May 24, 2013 (13:32:05)
The poem, which the Telegraph & Argus can exclusively reveal, is described by organisers as a "touching" piece of poetry looking at how the curry dish has broken boundaries in society..
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At last, we get Tolkien’s take on King Arthur
Posted by fogglethorpe on Thursday, May 23, 2013 (15:08:00)
When J. R. R. Tolkien takes on the legendary King Arthur, you can expect something special.
Unpublished until now, the poem “The Fall of Arthur” was Tolkien’s take on the legendary leader and aftermath of the fall of Camelot..
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Poem of the week: Sonnet 30 by Robert Sidney
Posted by fogglethorpe on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 (16:00:00)
This week's poem comes from a collection of sonnets, songs, pastorals, elegies and epigrams by the newly-rediscovered Elizabethan poet, Robert Sidney. It's untitled, but numbered "Sonnet 30", and begins, aptly for a re-emergent poet, "Absence, I cannot say thou hid'st my light …
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In poetry and faith, life matters
Posted by fogglethorpe on Monday, May 20, 2013 (14:22:39)
Poetry News: Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and until recently the editor of Poetry magazine, has written what may become a spiritual classic.
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