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- On Poetry: Rhythm washes up in waves (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Here's a question for summer: When the tide goes in and out, when the waves wash up in rhythm, why is it that most contemporary poetry doesn't have a regular rhythm, doesn't rhyme and often doesn't tell a story? What's the pleasure in that? I've been asked this question a lot.
- Behind the Big Black Penis - East Bay Express
Author Shawn Taylor was working out at 24 Hour Fitness when the idea popped out and hit him on the head. "This older dude came up," he explained. "This dude must have been like, sixty, and he had these tight-ass pants that made this big impression ...
- 2 Henry High honor students are now 2 rape suspects (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
One of the teens accused of at least four sexual assaults at Henry High was to have been honored on the day he was charged.
- Writer vows to get children reading - expressandstar.com
Writer vows to get children readingexpressandstar.com, UK - 12 hours agoMr Ahlberg, a Baggies fan, has most recently released Collected Poems, a collection of his favourite children’s poetry.
- 'Diminished Capacity' plays the eccentric card (LA.com)
This one dives from whimsy into a trite pond ... and then into a slapstick ... and then Cubs show up
- Waiting room reading gets a dose of poetry - Herald.ie
Herald.ieWaiting room reading gets a dose of poetryHerald.ie, Ireland - 2 hours agoThe poem leaflets are offered free of charge and visitors are encouraged to take one read it and then recycle it by leaving it in another waiting room. ...
- DEF JAM FOUNDER SPEAKS TO THE HIP HOP CHRONICLE U.K. - PR Inside
recently named Russell Simmons one of the 'Top 25 Most Influential People of the Past 25 Years,' calling him a 'hip-hop pioneer' for his groundbreaking vision that has influenced music, fashion, finance, television and film, as well as the face of ...
- Frederick metal! (The Frederick News-Post)
Last year, Jake White got a red school bus, full-size, from his friend's dad, who owns a used-car lot in Martinsburg, W.Va. The singer knew what he was doing.
- Who do you consider a modern-day patriot? - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
It seems fitting after the recent celebration of the Fourth of July holiday to reflect on the founding of the American Republic. The patriots of the Revolutionary War era proclaimed the birth of a new nation in the Declaration of Independence. They ...
- Future problem solvers from E. Iowa place at international competition - TradingMarkets.com
Future Problem Solving is an academic competition where teams of four students analyze a futuristic scenario and solve a problem related to it. The topic for the Iowa State Bowl was debt in developing countries. At the international competition ...
- This week in russian history...29 August – 30 September - Moscow News
This week in russian history...29 August – 30 SeptemberMoscow News, Russia - 1 hour agoBut under the Soviet regime all her friends and family were arrested; her poetry wasn't published - she was a rebellious author and always expressed ...
- Announcing the teams competing at the National Poetry Slam 2008 in ... - Isthmus Daily Page
Announcing the teams competing at the National Poetry Slam 2008 in ...Isthmus Daily Page, WI - 11 hours agoAltogether they will comprise 76 teams, the final selection of which was announced last Friday by the national organizers Poetry Slam Incorporated. ...
- A glimpse inside Mugabe's world - BBC News
South African writer Heidi Holland is one of the last non-Zimbabwean journalists to have interviewed Robert Mugabe. She spent two hours with him last December after pursuing the Zimbabwean president for months. This is her description of that ...
- Muslim country singer got his start in Iowa City (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
After self-releasing two albums through an Iowa City recording studio, Kareem Salama is starting to catch on, and people are telling him he is one of a kind.
- Movies: Guillermo Del Toro - Newsweek
2. "The Bride of Frankenstein." Moving graveyard poetry. Its esthetic legacy can be traced through Edward Gorey, Tim Burton and every neo-Goth in town.
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