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Oakland Township man puts Dempseytown in book of poetry

A rural highway, a junkyard and a race track are poetic muses for 49-year-old William Bucholz of Dempseytown, Oakland Township, author of a newly published volume of sonnets and poems. "I sit on my porch along Route 417 and I get to [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

12th Poetry Africa international poetry festival

29 September to 4 October promises to be a stirring week of words, rhymes, performance and ideas, as the 12th Poetry Africa international poetry festival ignites Durban with over twenty poets from around South Africa, Africa, and the world. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

New works of poetry inspired by Katrina

Don't miss this fine collection, which comes accompanied by a CD of performances by the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, featuring special guests such as Harry Shearer and John Boutte. That spooky, mystical klezmer music is perfect for these p [...]

Posted On : Aug, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Andrew Motion's top 10 poetry books

Andrew Motion is currently poet laureate. Read some of Andrew Motion's recent poems (including Picture this: For the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) in the poetry archive. 1. Lyrical Ballads by Anon (1798) In fact by [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Adam Golaski publishes book of short stories

Adam Golaski recently had a book of supernatural ghost stories, “Worse than Myself,” published.However, the book may not feature the kind of horror one might expect.Golaski explained that many people refer to this type of writin [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Book of Poetry Brings Comfort to Grieving Family

One should never underestimate the power of written or spoken words to give life, inspire, comfort, and bring healing. This is true in the life of Maria Elena Balcazar and her family, who found consolation in the words of poetry in “B [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

BookL:"Truth in Nonfiction"

On the frontispiece of "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim," where the official Library of Congress information appears, rogue memoirist David Sedaris offers the acknowledgment: "The events described in this book are rea [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Poetry Slam

When most people think of poetry they think of lines on a page that break in mid-sentence or are halted by punctuation. They think of stanzas of equal length or, occasionally, "shape poems," where the lines and stanzas form the sh [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

God

I once knew a CEO who Carried a statuette of Ganesh A foot-and-a-half high, hard and bronze He lugged it to remember God It always seemed to me that Tom Should try to find a plush toy Ganesh God should not be so cumbersome I'd greet [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Love Poems

It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

'From Harvey River' to poetry timeline

In officially launching Lorna Goodison's From Harvey River at the Undercroft of the Senate Building, University of the West Indies, on Friday evening, Professor Edward Baugh placed the book of prose in the timeline of her poetry. He said [...]