Multiple identities

The Shanaakht (Identity) Festival returned to Karachi on Monday. It is a three day festival organized by the Citizen's Archives of Pakistan. Each morning of the festival is reserved for visiting school children...

C.N. Bialik One of the greatest Hebrew Poets of Modern Times died

This was a wonderful visit having read his inspiring poetry in both English and Hebrew. If you understand Hebrew the poetry has so much more depth to it. Hebrew is a language where every word has many meanings....

Craig Arnold: University of Wyoming Professor Missing in Japan

Craig Arnold, a professor at the University of Wyoming has been declared missing after he didn't return from a hike on Kuchinoerabujima volcano in Japan.  Craig Arnold teaches creative writing at the University of Wyoming and is working on a book of poetry about...

Saudi female poetess places 4th in UAE Millions Poet Contest

The lady poet from Saudi Arabia placed fourth in the finals held on March 27th, taking home a prize of 2 million dirhamUAE or US$544,588."this year a record 70 million people watched Aydah al Jahani, a mother of six from Medina, become the first female poet to reach the...

‘Kavi Sammelan’ held at Oak Grove School

  Hindi poetry session called kavi sammelan was held at Oak Grove School In Jharipani Mussoorie a heritage site in making.the school was founded in 1888 and is under the control of Northern railways. ...

The Onion's Worst Band Names of 2007

It's that time of year--album releases slow to a crawl, the PR shuffle slows to a crawl, and editors and writers seeking filler and desiring easy holiday writing compile their Best and Worst of the year lists....

Queen supports initiative to "breed poets"

" Hundreds of young bards were hosted by the Queen in the culmination of of an initiative to "breed poet laureates of the future". Teenagers from state schools across London attended a reception at Buckingham Palace after penning poems inspired by items from the Royal...

Absinthe...Aperitif...Myth, Madness and the Dead Poets Society

This distilled spirit before its ban in 1915 was reputed to drive people to madness and even murder, Since the ban was lifted in France in 2001, it has returned as a kinder, gentler Absinthe, a sophisticated aperitif. 'The French Guy from New Jersey'

[I know how vain it is to mourn]

"I KNOW how vain it is to mourn O'er blighted hopes, and friendship fled; How yet more vain it is, to turn With sorrow to the slumb'ring dead. Oh! they sleep well!--for o'er their rest No dark, and life-like mock'ries come To cloud the brain, and wring the...

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