Submitted by davesaunders
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Ten years back, my soon-to-be wife, Cindy, and I first noticed the bombarding beat for Marshall Mather’s “My Name Is.”“What an ass,” I said as the two of us sat to watch the Grammies a year later. “It’s sad he can sell so man (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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Poem Title : Meditation Messages from the Mount Acrostic Poem 150 series Meditation Messages from the Mount. Empathy ?Did I have empathy ?I can tell you a thing or two that I learnt . (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend. To share the good news, of course, but also to see whether she was a winner as well.The couple, both seniors at the University (Read More)
Submitted by thekarin
from blog:
Yes, Frank O’Hara was featured in the last episode of Mad Men, season 2, and that’s how I first heard about him. Recently I acquired “Meditations in an Emergency” collection of poems, and to my delight, found that he’s an exc (Read More)
Huffington Post:
If you read a review of Keith Waldrop's "Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy," this year's winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, there's a good chance it will include the word "postmodern" or "avant-garde." These are t (Read More)
World Class Poetry Blog:
It’s not the best reading in the world, but after a couple of weeks of being under the weather I thought this poem by Wallace Stevens might be apropos. Written in 1915, “Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock” is still one of the gre (Read More)
Huffington Post:
"God bless the milk your mother fed you at birth" was what a young man told me while passing by on a street in Rome. It was a beautiful summer day and that sentence was a joyful verse of poetry. I wasn't at all offended by i (Read More)
Submitted by Motown_Terri
from blog:
Author : Jeniffer BeckersenAngels are everywhere during the Christmas season, so their presence in holiday cards should come as no surprise What is surprising is how many fine holiday card designs are using this traditional (Read More)
Submitted by adrianeden
from Twitter:
@urpisdream thanks for the kind tweet, life is what you make it, have a great evening! Code is Poetry :). (Read More)
Altsounds:
Frank Turner's latest release has just recently been lauded by this very site and rightly so as it's a captivating album that serves to enhance the growing reputation of the troubadour-esque Turner. The single release of the (Read More)
Submitted by DefinitiveCarib
from blog:
Here’s a look at some of the events that visitors are welcome to experience for themselves:CarnivalKnown as one of the Caribbean’s most original Carnivals, Dominica’s Carnival will take place February 15 and 16, 2010. Often c (Read More)
Submitted by Motown_Terri
from blog:
Author : Jeniffer BeckersenThe wreath has been a symbol of the season for centuries Originating in pagan celebrations long before Christmas even became a holiday, it speaks of the joy of nature at this time of year Holiday (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Check here for a list of winners. Names will be added as they are received.Best of 60 yrs of nba winners:Complete Stories of Flannery O'connor (was put to a vote on the web, 10,000 responses)Young people's literature:Claudett (Read More)
CNN:
Is the new "Mr Europe" -- the President of the European Council -- to be Tony Blair, the perma-tanned political jet-setter with half a dozen jobs already or Herman van Rompuy, a poetry-writing Belgian who would scarcely be re (Read More)
Submitted by reckon
from Twitter:
RT @markerstetter: What if there was a church just for poets? See Regina Green's beautiful poetry at Escape into Life>http://tinyurl. ... (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Jeff GordinerThe Poetry FoundationIn Port Angeles, Washington, it was Tess Gallagher.I had stopped for a lunch of yogurt and fresh figs on the way to the coast, and, as so often happens, I wound up wandering into a local book (Read More)
Times Online:
Hallelujah to the news that MCC is to reject a plan to name Lord's after a sponsor. Watching England play India in the ToffeeCrispStadium @Lord's.org would have just felt wrong. There is a certain poetry to the naming of cri (Read More)
Submitted by Motown_Terri
from blog:
Author : Andrea CustersSending a calendar just before the new year is a time honored tradition Long time ago holiday calendar greeting cards got into the act, particularly when sent by businesses Now everyone does it and th (Read More)