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'Trail Tales' Fundraiser on Friday in Redlands will feature cowboy poet
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (12:02:50)
Author and Redlands resident Roger Bell will read from his book of cowboy poetry, "Trail Tales," stories about his 30 years of building trails in rural and wilderness areas throughout the United States. ...
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A Round-Up Of Spring Poetry Collections
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (12:01:45)
Poetry News: NPR news poet and UC Berkeley professor, Tess Taylor, has a spring round up of poetry books that are all debut collections.
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Poet poster plea issued
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (11:59:30)
Poetry News: I AM appealing to anyone who still has poetry posters produced by the former Welsh Arts Council in the 1980s to contact me.
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Poets in the Garden - Ellen Dore Watson
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (11:55:47)
Poetry News: ... a Rona Jaffe Writers Award, fellowships to the Yaddo and to the MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Center's Zoland Poetry Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship. Watson has translated over a dozen books from the ...
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Meet Canada's underused poet laureate: Wordsmith bemoans lack of meaningful work
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (11:53:49)
"I wish that my government had asked me to write poetry about immigration policy, about Idle No More, about Canada's complicity in the Middle East, the Enbridge pipeline," ...
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Hummelstown poet to read 11th published poetry collection at Midtown Scholar Boo
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (11:52:35)
Poetry News: Jack Veasey, author of "Shapely: Selected Formal Poems," gives a poetry reading at Ryerss Museum in Philadelphia May 20, 2012.
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Authors Alice Munro and Paul Savoie win Ontario's Trillium Book Awards
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (11:45:31)
Poetry News: ... for "Bleu bemol," a work inspired by music, while this year's English-language winner of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry is Matthew Tierney for "Probably Inevitable." The winner for the Trillium Book Award for Children's Literature in ...
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City poet wins bush competition
Posted by mamta on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (11:35:46)
Poetry News: ... I live I look out of my bedroom window and the Australia flag is flying." Ms Priestley entered the 2013 Open Bush Poetry Champions in Townsville at the weekend and won the Overall Queensland Champion title. "When I'm entertaining I tend to pick on ...
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Johnson: A cherished poet is honored as 'ours'
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (16:22:32)
The house also celebrates Warren's poetry, the second part of his one-two literary punch. He was the nation's first Poet Laureate and won two Pulitzer prizes for ...
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Persian Poets' Tour 2013
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (16:05:38)
Poetry News: Persian poetry is famed for the richness of its heritage, with many classical poets such as Rumi and Hafez read internationally.
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Poetry still has rewards for author Ron Smith
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (16:03:47)
In hindsight, considering he went on to be nominated for a Governor General's award for poetry, it was an "amazing" book to have ...
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Calling All Poet Lovers! Poetry Society of America Hosts July Poetry Event
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (04:57:00)
Poetry News: For poets and admirers of poetry in the Los Angeles area, there's an upcoming event that's sure to get your poetic juices flowing! The Poetry Society of America is a poetry organization that was founded in 1910 and is a great outlet and resource for anyone who loves and appreciates poetry.
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The Boreal Poetry Garden
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (04:50:17)
Poetry News: Join Marlene Creates as she leads a walk with readings of site-specific poems in The Boreal Poetry Garden - six acres of boreal forest where she lives in Portugal Cove - with musical responses to the site provided by 3 acoustic musicians on July 17, 23 and August 4. The events this summer will focus on the audible.
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Aralee Strange, Poet and 'Word of Mouth' Founder, Dies
Posted by mamta on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (04:46:24)
Poetry News: Aralee Strange, poet, playwright, filmmaker and founder of the popular Athens monthly open poetry forum "Word of Mouth", passed peacefully from this earth on June 15, 2013, after a lengthy illness.
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Barnton poets prepare for publication
Posted by mamta on Monday, June 17, 2013 (13:18:05)
A group of eight Key Stage Two pupils from Barnton Primary School will have their poetry published in The Power of Poetry - The North West, with copies to be sent to the school library, the British Library and ...
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Nominations sought for next Nebraska state poet
Posted by mamta on Monday, June 17, 2013 (05:24:21)
Poetry News: ... on artistic excellence, exemplary professionalism, an established history of community service in the advancement of poetry in Nebraska, and the ability to present poetry and interact effectively with a public audience. Nominations will be reviewed ...
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Ginsberg Offers Rare Peek With Beatnik Family Album
Posted by mamta on Monday, June 17, 2013 (05:20:35)
Poetry News: ... brats that came out of the 50's and 60's.... I respectfully beg to differ. As a person, who is both a lover of poetry and a published poet myself, I consider Ginsberg to be one of the truly great poets that America has produced, and I am absolutely ...
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Fanwood Carriage House Poetry Series Features Adam Fitzgerald, June 18
Posted by mamta on Monday, June 17, 2013 (05:17:43)
Poetry News: The Carriage House Poetry Series invites the public to attend a free event on Tuesday, June 18 at 8:00 p.m. in the Kuran Arts Center on Watson Road, off North Martine Avenue, adjacent to Fanwood Borough Hall .
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This year's Bloomsday in Chicago event and the Poetry Pentathalon
Posted by mamta on Sunday, June 16, 2013 (06:29:32)
Poetry News: ... To see a complete list of Puddin'head books (including the ones written by Helgeson) go to . **Not everyone feels comfortable likening poetry to sports , but sometimes a bit of competition can liven ...
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Troll the NSA Poetry Contest, Some Humor to end this Dark Week
Posted by mamta on Sunday, June 16, 2013 (06:26:23)
But darn, the contest is now closed. Here's the rules anyway. Maybe we can have a Daily Kos Troll the NSA Poetry Contest, too. It's not like most of us aren't already on some list(s) somewhere already. After reading Revealed: Hundreds of ...
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