http://www.gotpoetry.com/ News for Poets. Place to write. en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 05:33:12 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly GotPoetry.com News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.gotpoetry.com/images/autoheader/logo-slogan.gif http://www.gotpoetry.com/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/pC2GXfR1kjc/sid=77175.html Poetry News: Daphnee R. McMaster, a senior at Reading High School who won the state finals of the 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, competed in the national championship Tuesday in Washington, where she was among the nine finalists.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QbXXPQs1IxzRsLaShxG8bSpjkHc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QbXXPQs1IxzRsLaShxG8bSpjkHc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QbXXPQs1IxzRsLaShxG8bSpjkHc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QbXXPQs1IxzRsLaShxG8bSpjkHc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/pC2GXfR1kjc" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:33:12 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77175.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/m551mpTZzCg/sid=77174.html Poetry News: The day has finally come. The first two pieces of sidewalk poetry were imprinted in the sidewalks around the Northfield Public Library on Wednesday morning.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_a4mAW3ZW9Pr20xY84JGpfkPHg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_a4mAW3ZW9Pr20xY84JGpfkPHg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_a4mAW3ZW9Pr20xY84JGpfkPHg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_a4mAW3ZW9Pr20xY84JGpfkPHg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/m551mpTZzCg" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:45:32 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77174.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/Ns1QsgEmU20/sid=77173.html Poetry News: Readers going through the cache of letters that were released early this month from Osama bin Laden's hideaway in Abbottabad, Pakistan, may have been taken aback by a reference -- in the midst of discussions of tactics, regional politics and exchange rates for ransom money -- to poetry.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cgz0kDKtZmUrTGz59QzBlTGxZdc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cgz0kDKtZmUrTGz59QzBlTGxZdc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cgz0kDKtZmUrTGz59QzBlTGxZdc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cgz0kDKtZmUrTGz59QzBlTGxZdc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/Ns1QsgEmU20" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:44:10 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77173.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/za152fGBS08/sid=77172.html The title poem appears below. Additionally, two readings of poetry by youth not in the Pongo program will take place in the EMP Sky Church noon on May 26-27. Finally, Pongo adult volunteers will ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TBYE2xwqu5mD42O9RnZ7qmWqzRI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TBYE2xwqu5mD42O9RnZ7qmWqzRI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TBYE2xwqu5mD42O9RnZ7qmWqzRI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TBYE2xwqu5mD42O9RnZ7qmWqzRI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/za152fGBS08" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:43:03 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77172.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/kbi93WV88cs/sid=77171.html Poetry News: ... there while the Taliban burn down schools for girls and splash acid in the faces of women who don't cover them. "Poetry of the Taliban" - edited by a group of London researchers - has already been released in the U.K. and the liberal media are ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BsOw-edNbbhh0bV1vHdj0zjUwy0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BsOw-edNbbhh0bV1vHdj0zjUwy0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BsOw-edNbbhh0bV1vHdj0zjUwy0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BsOw-edNbbhh0bV1vHdj0zjUwy0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/kbi93WV88cs" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:41:55 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77171.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/-lJmHH7YvuA/sid=77170.html Poetry News: The second statewide Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest will kick off June 8 in Alma, in conjunction with the annual Symphony in the Flint Hills concert, according to a news release.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3NZgJnHCc8XGPNKk0uMxoJ6OqKk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3NZgJnHCc8XGPNKk0uMxoJ6OqKk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3NZgJnHCc8XGPNKk0uMxoJ6OqKk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3NZgJnHCc8XGPNKk0uMxoJ6OqKk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/-lJmHH7YvuA" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:40:48 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77170.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/EHvuFIlI6b4/sid=77169.html The poems are winners of the first Sidewalk Public Poetry Contest in 2011, which was sponsored by the Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Public Library and the Northfield Arts ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ba7750XuQL9my8UCxpDb90JPy50/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ba7750XuQL9my8UCxpDb90JPy50/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ba7750XuQL9my8UCxpDb90JPy50/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ba7750XuQL9my8UCxpDb90JPy50/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/EHvuFIlI6b4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:39:53 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77169.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/4W4OnCvybJw/sid=77168.html Poetry News: ... Mitcham said he's been a poet for about 35 years. But he said that wasn't his first career choice. "I started writing poetry in college at the University of Georgia when I was trying to write songs actually," said Mitcham. "I had been listening to a ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sWDsnB-7Cqr3xKNTI3asBu0xQSE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sWDsnB-7Cqr3xKNTI3asBu0xQSE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sWDsnB-7Cqr3xKNTI3asBu0xQSE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sWDsnB-7Cqr3xKNTI3asBu0xQSE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/4W4OnCvybJw" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:38:33 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77168.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/mo5wDZrJwPw/sid=77167.html Poetry News: The New York Shakespeare Exchange says its goal is "to encourage an enthusiastic appreciation of classical theater and to expand the reach of the art form within new and existing audiences." More specifically, it's interested in the question of "what happens when contemporary culture is infused with Shakespearean poetry and themes in unexpected ... (more)Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ay8F1wPqGA65iB_8Zc-yJfWVeDY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ay8F1wPqGA65iB_8Zc-yJfWVeDY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ay8F1wPqGA65iB_8Zc-yJfWVeDY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ay8F1wPqGA65iB_8Zc-yJfWVeDY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/mo5wDZrJwPw" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 May 2012 02:38:11 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77167.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/iMXlxJB5Sq0/sid=77166.html 'speare that shook the theatre world : The New York Shakespeare Exchange says its goal is "to encourage an enthusiastic appreciation of classical theater and to expand the reach of the art form within new and existing audiences." More specifically, it's interested in the question of "what happens when contemporary culture is infused with Shakespearean poetry and themes in unexpected ... (more)Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/diAj2kg3nWdvcVFsJu1I_f8BIpQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/diAj2kg3nWdvcVFsJu1I_f8BIpQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/diAj2kg3nWdvcVFsJu1I_f8BIpQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/diAj2kg3nWdvcVFsJu1I_f8BIpQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/iMXlxJB5Sq0" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 May 2012 23:53:33 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77166.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/ELvK3XvPhtQ/sid=77165.html Poetry News: The Embassy of Japan on Wednesday celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Pakistan with recital of Haiku poetry.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AgUTbNuYGu2g7rtL7ANG2mvmw4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AgUTbNuYGu2g7rtL7ANG2mvmw4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AgUTbNuYGu2g7rtL7ANG2mvmw4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1AgUTbNuYGu2g7rtL7ANG2mvmw4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/ELvK3XvPhtQ" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 May 2012 23:47:40 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77165.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/HXWxEUWlhrc/sid=77164.html Poetry News: The Gold Coast Public Library invites children ages 3 1/2 - 5 years to Movin' and Groovin' at 11:30 a.m. Teens and children read together at the Gold Coast Public Library's Book Buddies program at 4 p.m. The Gold Coast Public Library's Board of Trustees meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the library.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/asqwNf0-3CZeiom-A_ViKWCdlvY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/asqwNf0-3CZeiom-A_ViKWCdlvY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/asqwNf0-3CZeiom-A_ViKWCdlvY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/asqwNf0-3CZeiom-A_ViKWCdlvY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/HXWxEUWlhrc" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:23 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77164.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/tQnfSuhcKj4/sid=77163.html This collection of poems is divided into four parts: “The Way”, “The Truth”, “The Life” and the “The Fruits”. The first three explores Jesus being the way, the truth, and the life, while the fourth explores the fruits or rewards of unwavering faith. ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xVJITjiXKKwwH9-BdJWZwGCqqbY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xVJITjiXKKwwH9-BdJWZwGCqqbY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xVJITjiXKKwwH9-BdJWZwGCqqbY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xVJITjiXKKwwH9-BdJWZwGCqqbY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/tQnfSuhcKj4" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:57:08 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77163.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/5vyntWxUNWQ/sid=77162.html Poetry News: ... interviews author Gary Shteyngart about how he's been giving more interviews to the tech media. Bill Murray--Poetry Lover Comedian Bill Murray reads some poetry at Poets House in this video. From the Poetry Foundation. While I'm visiting St. Louis, ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VnppWBa8qyPmjkq9vWMhMqeDnPQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VnppWBa8qyPmjkq9vWMhMqeDnPQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VnppWBa8qyPmjkq9vWMhMqeDnPQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VnppWBa8qyPmjkq9vWMhMqeDnPQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/5vyntWxUNWQ" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:53:27 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77162.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/Fyyvsah6tlY/sid=77161.html Poetry News: ... Flute (Sleepytown Press) set in Lithuania in 1897. Moving into literature for adults, prize-winning short stories and poetry have appeared in various anthologies. A book of poetry for adults is currently in the works for publication in spring 2012. ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YtcocbLSQRkXKbTXZ1Vo36Qk_4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YtcocbLSQRkXKbTXZ1Vo36Qk_4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YtcocbLSQRkXKbTXZ1Vo36Qk_4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YtcocbLSQRkXKbTXZ1Vo36Qk_4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/Fyyvsah6tlY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:52:40 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=77161.html