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- Torchbearer's gift of song to Games (People's Daily)
During yesterday's torch relay in Yan'an, Wang Xiangrong impressed visitors with his version of xintianyou, a folk tune that has a bold rhythm. He dedicated it to the Olympic Games. Wang said when he was informed he would be a torchbeare ...
- Ex-Commissioner proffers solution to corruption - The Tide
Ex-Commissioner proffers solution to corruptionThe Tide, Nigeria - 12 hours agoHighlights of the programme included poetry citation by youngsters and launching of the book by members of the public.
- Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate (New York Times)
A reserved writer who has been compared to Emily Dickinson, Ms. Ryan has been chosen to succeed Charles Simic as the nation?s 16th poet laureate
- Poetry in Palestine - Quill & Quire
Poetry in PalestineQuill & Quire, Canada - 1 hour agoAny damn fool can chuck a bomb while it takes brains to write a poem, and the Palestinian people understand this, he pointed out. ...
- Poems about the BBC: it's your chance to rhyme! - Guardian Blogs
The good people of BBC Radio 4 has commissioned Wendy Cope to write a series of verses about the BBC and changing listener attitudes towards it. So it's time to get your rhyming dictionary out - now it's your turn. Yes, we want your odes to the Big ...
- Planning ahead (The Bulletin)
Right Around the Corner May 30 ’ MAYFAIR FESTIVAL: The Waldorf School of Bend hosts festival; event includes children‘s arts and crafts, activity booths, archery, pony rides, rock wall climbing, cake walk and more; free; 11 a. m. to 3 p. m.; The Waldorf School of Bend, 63175 O.B. Riley Road, Bend; www.bendwaldorf.com or 330-8841.
- Restored 'Once Upon a Time in the West' at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater - Los Angeles Times
Sergio Leone's 1968 masterwork, “Once Upon a Time in the West,” was showing the ravages of time. The negative that Paramount Pictures had been using over the years to strike prints was getting old and frayed, and the color was shifting. But ...
- An artful idea (Eastern Shore News)
ONANCOCK -- The dragonfly has landed.
- Stand Together Or Fall Apart - Hartford Business
Stand Together Or Fall ApartHartford Business - 1 hour agoPhil Jackson, the highly successful coach of the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team, frequently reads poetry to his players. ...
- Why We Left Islam - FrontPage magazine.com
Why We Left IslamFrontPage magazine.com, CA - 7 hours agoThe man’s neck was cut and he was left dead.1 On another occasion, a poetess had written some satirical poetry about Muhammad. When Muhammad heard what was ...
- Poster poems: Remember your lines - guardian.co.uk
Poster poems: Remember your linesguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoWhat are the memories that have shaped your writing? Are there disparities between how you remember events and the way that others recall them that have ...
- Don't tousle Her tresses! - Canada.com
Don't tousle Her tresses!Canada.com, Canada - 5 hours agoFloating by, at one point, was poetry-boosting aviator Scott Griffin; at yet another, Random House sophisticate Louise Dennys. Other faces at the Hazelton: ...
- Wild Card -- Tuesday PM - Spokane Spokesman-Review
It's nice to interact with you folks again after a long weekend off. Gotta play to see tonight, but I look forward to reading your comments before I hit the sack tonight. You know the Wild Card drill by now ... Issue : Washington Post confirms 'Deep ...
- Lorenzo, the ‘Renaissance man’, diplomat and patriot - Creamer Media's Engineering News
Lorenzo, the ‘Renaissance man’, diplomat and patriotCreamer Media's Engineering News, South Africa - 1 hour agoThe war and the dark conspiracy that ignited it form the centrepiece and by far the finest pages of Unger’s book. The conspiracy was hatched by the Pazzi, ...
- Today in History - Aug. 4 - The Ledger
Today is Monday, Aug. 4, the 217th day of 2008. There are 149 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 4, 1944, Nazi police raided the secret annex of a building in Amsterdam and arrested eight people, including 15-year-old Anne ...
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