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A Ballad of Dreamland
I hid my heart in a nest of roses, Out of the sun's way, hidden apart; In a softer bed then the soft white snow's is, Under the roses I hid my heart. Why would it sleep not? why should it start, When never a leaf of the rose-tree stirred? What made sleep flutter his wings... Rudyard Kipling on Yareah magazine
Yareah magazine (http://www.yareah.com) is a monthly bilingual (English-Spanish) cultural (arts and literature) magazine. Every month, they study a different cultural subject. In July, it has been Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book, Kim, his famous poem If...). A lot of... lonliness
no one sitting there even me except the song that have risen from my camera Politics: Carol Ann Duffy's first official poem as laureate
"How it makes of your face a stonethat aches to weep, of your heart a fist,clenched or thumping, sweating blood, of your tonguean iron latch with no door. How it makes of your right handa gauntlet, a glove-puppet of the left, of your laugha dry leaf blowing in the wind, of... The Perils of Publishing Poetry
I founded a poetry site in 2000, the Pagan Poetry Pages, to provide a space for poets whose influences and interests were non-conformist. With a loose brief of "poetry reflecting our interest in spiritual and... Jade Goody funeral: thousands line the streets of London
The funeral of reality tv star Jade Goody took place today, with thousands of people attending and watching on tv as she was laid to rest at St. John's Church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex. The funeral procession also... The pawns of states and super states: A poetic picture of Tamil a
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 February 2009, 13:48 GMT] A Tamil academic and folklorist S. Jeyasankar aptly brings out the plight of Eezham Tamils in a recent verse of him in English. The poem found in his website is reproduced by TamilNet. The Pawns of States and Super StatesHow... Japan introduces 'toilet poems' to save on toilet paper
A Japanese group has introduced 'poems in the loo', with the intent to cut down on toilet paper being used in excess, to help cut down on global warming. By posting a 'toilet poem' at eye level inside the cubicle,... Obama's Inauguration poem 'Praise Song For The Day' Full Text
Elizabeth Alexander read a poem she had composed for Barack Obama and his Inauguration Day today. It's called 'Praise Song For The Day'. 'Praise Song for the Day' - Full Text " Each day we go about our business,... Poetry on London Grip international cultural magazine
London Grip, the online international cultural magazine, has appointed its new Poetry Editor for 2009, Robert Vas Dias.Vas Dias is the author of eight collections, most recently Leaping Down to Earth (2008) with images by Stephen Chambers and Tom Hammick. His work has...
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Poetic laurels to Obama, but not as poet laureate
President-elect Barack Obama often alludes to his time at the Harvard Law Review. However, it took the Library of Congress and its study of presidents as poets to unearth Sen. Obama's poetic side."When...NY Times ELECTION DAY POEM: In the Present and Probable Future
"Here we are viewing the land: waves of grave and grain. That slight tremor? A house settling. A violent past walking through. And over there, the burning deck. The political machine. The inanimate come to life. The conventional flag wave." "Cormorants on pitched roofs watch... Let's try the Poem, Again...Sorry for whatever didn't work last attempt: "The...
The Poem, written by Myself: The chorus of the Cicadas, at ‘rest’ for seventeen years, now joins, blending, rising, falling… with the evening breezes, shifting the staccato patterns of leaf and blade, mixing with the rain & living waters, the heartbeats and... History Pakistan - PARTITION - 14 August 1947
An interesting compilation by a fellow flickr photographer and friend who goes by Fiction Dreamer" ~ PARTITION - 14 August 1947, over 10 million people were uprooted from their homeland and travelled on foot,... Sunday's Reflection on 'Rubaiyat' (Poems) of Omar Khayyam
Eli Khamarov once said " Poets are soldiers that liberate words from steadfast possession of definition" while Yolanda Giovanni Jr described the best poet is when he captures a reader ...."Ever...
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