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For 2013 Daily Press poet laureate, love sparked the desire to write
Allen M. Weber says he hadn't thought about becoming a poet until he fell in love with one. The winner of the 2013 Daily Press poetry contest, Weber lives in Hampton and works at Newport News Shipbuilding where he teaches radiation safety. His...
Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Ides of March, Ghent, Newport News Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Maryland's poet laureate brings inspiration and enlightenment to audience
holly.shok@herald-mail.comSome closed their eyes, as though depicting on a canvas in their own minds the words that escaped a deep, gentle voice. Others bowed their heads, as if to let the words wash over them, saturating their skin. Such was the scene at the Washington County...Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Arts, Education, Arts and Culture
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Kansas girl Gwendolyn Brooks broke ground as black poet
The Wichita Eagle"Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony hushers, 'Even if you are not ready for day, It can not always be night.' You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. "Live not for battles won. Live not for...Tags: Library of Congress, Columbia University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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Shakespeare's sonnets come to life in new app
ReutersBy Natasha Baker TORONTO, May 20 (Reuters) - A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks. The Sonnet Project...Tags: Entertainment, Apple iPad, Brooklyn Bridge, Sex and the City (movie), Apple iPhone
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BRIEF: Artists honored by area society
Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill.Writers from across the Sauk Valley were recognized April 28 during the Phidian Art Club's annual literary competition. Prizes for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction were awarded at the Dixon Public Library. Winners were: -- Poetry: First place,...Tags: DeKalb, Literature, Arts and Culture
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Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app
William Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines. But a new application for the Apple iPad and iPhone is seeking to...
Tags: Apple iTunes, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, William Shakespeare, New Products
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Making poetry accessible
Why do school kids shy away from poetry? The answer, suggests “Open the Door: How to Excite Young People About Poetry” — a new book from McSweeney’s, in conjunction with the Poetry Foundation — is that it’s not taught...
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Graduates will create 'powerful opportunities'
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.Football was Irvin Scott's only interest as a ninth-grader. He was destined to be the next Tony Dorsett, or so he thought. When he refused to recite Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" in English class, his teacher gave him a second assignment:...Tags: Teachers, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, U.S. Army, Teaching and Learning
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Bieber vs. Beethoven; a new twist on battle rap
Comedian Lloyd Ahlquist steps onto the stage, girded for battle. Wearing the uniform of a Soviet officer, with medals dripping from his chest, he channels dictator Joseph Stalin and prepares to deliver a rhyming smackdown on Russia's mad monk, Grigori...
Tags: Apple iTunes, Russia, New York City, Customs and Tradition, Music
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Greater Bahr el Ghazal calls for conference to discuss country's situation
Sudan TribuneThe four states of the Greater Bahr el Ghazal region have called for their intellectuals and senior political leaders to report themselves to Wau, the former regional capital and current state capital of Western Bahr el Ghazal, to discuss challenges...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Government, Wars and Interventions, National Government
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Mountainburg Students Get A Creative Boost From UA Program
Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.Write down anything and everything that comes to the mind regarding the word "blank." Responses might be "nothing, bare, empty, hollow, unwritten, incomplete, not finished, guns with no bullets, staring at a page, a new beginning, a fresh slate." That...Tags: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Literature, Teaching and Learning, Students, Arts and Culture
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