Poetry NewsNews on Poetry continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Mahmoud Darwish and the disproportion- August 11, 2008 Asia I am not the best person to commemorate the passing of Mahmoud Darwish, the national poet of Palestine.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/mahmoud-darwish-and-the-disproportion?fromrss=1 Poetry invites introspection- August 11, 2008 The black SUV in front of me had two guys inside in their early 30s. They were yelling out the window and laughing at a young gay man who was walking on the sidewalk.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/poetry-invites-introspection?fromrss=1 Remembered in poetry- August 11, 2008 Saturday's dedication ceremony for a poetry anthology brought back all the memories for Epi Marquez.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/remembered-in-poetry?fromrss=1 that inimitable poetry-reading voice- August 11, 2008 Today's literary critics have fallen into the unfortunate habit of using the word "voice" when they mean "style." It's easy to see why that metaphorical usage has become popular -- a writer with a strongly ...http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/that-inimitable-poetry-reading-voice?fromrss=1 Poetry: An 11-year-old's octogenarian wisdom- August 10, 2008 Our common denominator has to be love. The most common, love of self. The least, love of others.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/poetry-an-11-year-olds-octogenarian-wisdom?fromrs... Readers harvest a bumper crop of garden poetry- August 10, 2008 We asked Bee readers for poems about the annual excess of garden vegetables, and they responded with a bumper crop of verse.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/readers-harvest-a-bumper-crop-of-garden-poetry?fr... Famed Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish dies- August 10, 2008 "Darwish has died at 1:35pm ," Ann Brimberry, a spokeswoman for the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, where he was being treated, said.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/famed-palestinian-poet-mahmud-darwish-dies?fromrs... Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies- August 9, 2008 RAMALLAH, West Bank : Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/palestinian-poet-mahmoud-darwish-dies?fromrss=1 Poetry Readings in Brooklyn Heights Peace Garden- August 9, 2008 Sian Killingworth is a Park Slope mom, who reads OTBKB for updates on what's going in the nabe and the borough, is curating two free poetry readings this month, and also teaching a new poetry class at the First ...http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/poetry-readings-in-brooklyn-heights-peace-garden?... Nerds nerd out for Nerd Slam at National Poetry Slam 2008- August 9, 2008 Despite the maps on the walls, the mid-afternoon hour, and the lack of beer and liquor, a lecture hall in the UW Humanities Building has the aura of a downtown bar after midnight.http://www.topix.net/arts/poetry/2008/08/nerds-nerd-out-for-nerd-slam-at-national-poetry-s... |