http://www.gotpoetry.com./ News for Poets. Place to write. en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:51:54 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://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18382.html Wealthy apples made me feel wealthy." Random harvest Arthur of the Lake : "I've been reading a few poems in my wife's poetry book, and I was struck by a poem titled 'Auguries of Innocence,' by William Blake. ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:51:54 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18381.html In the Traditional News: Bruce Springsteen called the Bush presidency "a disaster" and said many Americans have "justifiably lost faith" in the American dream. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:49:42 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18380.html Joint Union Elementary School Districts will participate in the Tulare County Office of Education's annual Cowboy Poetry event Friday at Ritchie's Barn in Visalia. Students will partake in a full morning of cowboy poetry, music of the Old West ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:48:37 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18379.html As part of an advertising campaign this year, Dylan was asked to name the lyric or verse that had the greatest impact on his life. Rather than quoting his idol Woody Guthrie or poet Dylan Thomas, from whom it is thought that Robert Zimmerman took his name, Dylan selected A Red, Red Rose, written by Robert Burns in 1794....Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:47:27 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18378.html The indirectly autobiographical play describes, in the first person, the adventures of 19-year-old Esther. In the course of a few eventful months, Esther’s life plunges dangerously into darkness before returning into the light. The young woman encounters success as an up-and-coming talented writer, she takes care of lingering love affairs, she crosses the line of purity, fights against depression that leads her to a suicide attempt and then comes to terms with herself and re-emerges transformed....Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:44:47 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18377.html "I, myself, had a fairly embarrassing time with poetry in high school," Collins said. "I had to kind of write in secret. … Poetry was something that would very likely just get you beat up in the parking lot. I'm overjoyed that poetry seems to be an acceptable thing to do (now)."...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:42:56 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18376.html Poetry News: TIM THORNE Sunday 5th October, Launceston Tasmanian Poetry Festival In 2004, when I decided to begin the process of closing down Cornford Press by not accepting any more manuscripts ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:40:52 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18375.html Before the snow begins to fall and they retreat into literary hibernation, celebrate them at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, this weekend at various locations in Lowell, Mass. There will be featured readings by Robert Pinsky ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:39:24 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18374.html Houston Young People For the Arts is proud to announce that Culture Collision III will be held on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at Discovery Green Park from 5 to 7:30 in the evening. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:37:47 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18373.html In the Traditional News: The Lewis County Sheriff's Department has arrested 11 people in connection with alleged welfare fraud.Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:20:33 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18372.html A politically active poet or a MC-battling hip hop star? Lowkey has been confounding expectations since exploding onto the UK hip hop scene in 2003. Lowekey beat all comers to win this year's Big Chill Poetry Slam and also fronts supergroup - Mongrel - which has included Lowkey and members of Arctic Monkeys, Reverend and the Makers and Babyshambles. ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:19:42 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18371.html Campbell’s potato bash is as free as it is free-form, meaning all things potato are welcome. Think of it as a community show-and-tell: potato recipes, potato jokes, potato outfits, potato accessories, potato toys, potato poetry, potato haiku, potato art, potato sculpture, potato songs, potato dance. ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:17:36 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18370.html Helmed by Vishal-Shekhar -- the lively duo behind Om Shanti Om [Images] and Bachna Ae Haseeno [Images], the album kick starts with the coolest track on the playlist, Jaane kyun. Buddy bonding and warm fuzzies enclose the easygoing temperament and rhythmic percussion of this friendship ditty. As always, Vishal gets behind the microphone, to lend his brand of wholesome frothiness and verve. ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:13:36 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18369.html Featuring a poetry session with M. Ray Allen focusing on the process of writing poetry, a songwriting session with Bob Campbell on writing effective lyrics, suitable melodies and harmony accompaniment ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:10:07 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com./News/article/sid=18368.html The Berlin International Literature Festival is appealing for a worldwide reading of Mahmoud Darwish's poetry on 5 October, 2008. Mahmoud Darwish was one of the best-loved Arab poets of mondern times and counts among the most eminent poets ...Link! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:08:09 GMT