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World Events is the section created to help teachers, students, and the general public learn more about events around the world through readings, events, lesson plans, links, timelines, parodies and news articles related to the performance poetry world.
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Poems of Place selects 2013 works
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (16:00:00)
Poems in Place is designed to give voice to the Alaskan landscape through an original work of poetry by an Alaskan writer, while establishing a strong connection between poetry and place..
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Wanted: State Poet
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (16:00:00)
..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..
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From a caged teen in a basement in India to literary fame
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (16:00:00)
Salma is now the most famous female poet in southern India. She is also a politician.
After she was born, Salma’s family gave her away..
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Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers Release 'Twisted Tales' CD
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:55:00)
Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers have received no shortage of kudos since they first recorded together five years ago. Ray Manzarek's signature keyboard sound was a cornerstone of The Doors - one of the most iconic rock bands of the 60's..
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New Poetry Book Offers History and Vibrance of Saudi Arabia
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:50:00)
In Walking Without a Shadow, renowned Arab poet Mohammad Mashat invites readers on a literary odyssey deep into the heart and soul of his beloved homeland..
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Nominations called for Poet Laureate
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:25:00)
Poetry News: The award celebrates outstanding contributions to New Zealand poetry. For a two-year term, the Laureate is supported by an $80,000 grant from the National Library, through the Alexander Turnbull Library, to create new work and promote poetry throughout the country.
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UT- Gay Rocks supports The Trevor Project, a winner at The Shred Shed, June 15,
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Between musical performances, several Salt Lake poets set the stage for each band with their best works - Tori Lindsay, Karlee Berezay, Dean Emery, Jordan Ranft, Patrick Onslund, and Seth Walker. The concert ran from 5:00 p.m. through around 10:30 p.m..
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New Zealand- Michele Hewitson Interview: Ian Wedde
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
In his latest collection of poems, The Lifeguard, there is a poem for Heinrich Augustus: He bequeathed his boys those/blue Baltic eyes, and the crooked/front tooth that gives their grins bite/His ghost leans in the window/on nights when the wind chokes/with lit-up plastic bags/There's a sudden smell of/Schnapps and salt in the room/and brined herring with/Estonian dill pickle - herrlich!
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Roxy Todd: The search for W.Va.s first poet laureate
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
In his poems, Karl Dewey Myers wrote devotedly about Tucker County, of its forests transformed by railroads and logging trains. Seated in his chair, each day he looked forward to feeling the pounding momentum of the passing trains as they climbed up the steep mountains toward the sky..
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George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Amid the centenary celebrations for Benjamin Britten, we should remember the poet George Crabbe, whose tale of a cruel Aldeburgh fisherman inspired Peter Grimes..
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Colombian Poet wants to sell testicles for $20K to travel Europe - Indiatalkies.
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Poetry News: Rafael Medina Brochero, 52, wants 20,000 dollars for his private parts - so he can travel the continent with his "Poetry for Peace in Colombia" show.
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India- Girija Vyas: Poet and champion of women's rights
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Girija Vyas, who was sworn-in as cabinet minister in the Manmohan Singh government Monday, has a long eventful political career, serving as union minister, Congress's women's wing chief and chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW). She is also a prolific poet, having published three volumes of poetry in Hindi, Urdu and English..
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'Real men don't do poetry'
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Real men don’t do poetry. That’s the message at least from one brigade in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), which has banned one of its soldiers from reading out his own verses on the radio for fear that it might cast aspersions on the army’s manliness..
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Acadian history inspires Darrell Bourque's latest poetry
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Poetry News: In Darrell Bourque's latest collection of poetry, "Megan's Guitar and Other Poems from Acadie," the state's former poet laureate takes a look at Acadians of today, the Acadians of yesterday, their respective journeys and the historical ties that bind the two.
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Trying to find a poet
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Poetry News: I remember a little about this poem I read in a poetry class in college. Mainly the line "the bones of my wrists, supple and exemplary" but Google isn't helping.
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Canada- Poetry in motion
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
A Kensington classroom was the sight of a most uncommon occurrence on Monday morning - excited children raising their hands to volunteer to read excerpts of poetry..
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KS- Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
“The Silver Star” by Jeanette Walls — From the author of “The Glass Castle” comes a new novel about a teenage girl who dares to challenge the injustice of the adult world. Walls draws upon her experience with adult neglect to write a moving novel about love and injustice..
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UK- Poetry competition at literary festival
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Adults and young people have a chance to win cash prizes by entering a poem by July 12. This year's festival officially launches on July 26 with a quiz night and ploughman's buffet at the Grove Building followed by a community barbecue lunch at The Old Ship Inn on July 27, with entertainment from John Cockle's Goodtime Jazz Band..
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PA- Neither death nor Alzheimer’s can dim the passion of 29 years
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
Carleen Hamilton wrote the first poem on a napkin, sitting in a coffee shop in Bermuda, on their honeymoon, Oct. 29, 1974. Virtually every workday for the next 29 years, she wrote a poem on a napkin and packed it in her husband’s lunch..
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Rob Lopez- "A Soulless Christmas and Other Tales of Forsaken Stars"
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (15:00:00)
The webcomic/comic book "Forsaken Stars" takes place 1,000 years after the Second Coming of Christ, and chronicles the journey of the space vampire Azzi, Captain Sera Besh and their motley crew to seek an audience with God before He takes His Chosen to Heaven and collapses this universe behind him..
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New Poetry Finds Common Elements of Human Experience
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (14:48:20)
Poetry News: Tulip's rich life experiences are the inspiration behind her poetry. From a childhood in South Vietnam, to deep, rewarding relationships with her family and friends and a cultivated awareness of the world around her.
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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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A Round-Up Of Spring Poetry Collections
Posted by fogglethorpe on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (14:46:29)
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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'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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