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The article offers several tips to find poetry in the pages of a newspaper including choose your materials; find an article; prepare your draft; erase and end result.

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR By Michael Robbins [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on Josef Sudek, a poet from Czech Republic. Sudek was a well known character on the streets and in the concert halls. Also, Sudek believed in the intrinsic poetry of his beloved city. A more intimate poetry can be found in his friendships and in the objects of his daily existence.

Judith Beveridge's poetry collection, Tintinnabulum, is a rich and vivid exploration of language and imagery. The poems are filled with sensory pleasure, using musicality and humor to create a captivating experience for readers. The collection is organized into four sections, each delving into different themes and energies. While some may argue that the poems lose impact by being grouped together, the collection as a whole is evocative, humane, and thought-provoking. Beveridge's use of metaphors and similes adds depth and complexity to the poems, making them memorable and engaging. [Extracted from the article]

Café Demi in Teaneck, New Jersey, will be hosting a poetry reading event featuring local poets Yehoshua November and Scott Pleasants. The café, owned by Devora Rosenberg Naftali and Miriam Rosenberg, aims to create a space for the community to gather and enjoy high-quality coffee and pastries. The event is part of their vision to bring European café culture to Teaneck and foster a sense of community among diverse neighbors. Both poets, November and Pleasants, see poetry as a means of building bridges and creating connections within the community. [Extracted from the article]

The article features Sandy Swallow, an Oglala Lakota artist. Topics discussed include factors that make Swallow's block printing stand out, the start of her art career in her late 30s, and purpose of her artwork and her poetry. Also mentioned are the similarity of her poems and the art and her plan to set two poems, "Running the Milky Way" and "Sister Star" to music.

Tommy Archuleta, the Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, discusses his journey from being a punk rock drummer to becoming a poet. He emphasizes the importance of language and the magic of words in his life. Archuleta is currently working as a counselor for the New Mexico Corrections Department, focusing on substance abuse, and he plans to bring poetry into prisons as part of his role as Poet Laureate. He also explores the healing properties of poetry and its ability to help individuals cope with trauma and grief. Archuleta's first poetry collection, Susto, was inspired by the grief of his mother's passing and has resonated with readers who have experienced loss. He is excited about his new role as Poet Laureate and looks forward to participating in various events and engaging with the community. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on the Ted Hughes Papers at Emory University. Archive that opens a window on Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath's life and art; Poems, `Birthday Letters,' by Hughes; Comments by Stephen Enniss, curator of the literary collections at Emory; Contents of the archive; Focus on the two poets' seven-year marriage.

This article, titled "Three poems," features three poems by Mark Young. The first poem explores the concept of intervals in music and references an AI using humans to spread a message about the future King of America. The second poem discusses the preference for algorithmic judgment over human judgment, highlighting the higher error rates of facial analysis technologies for minority women. The third poem delves into the importance of etiquette, drawing inspiration from Michel Foucault and Florence Hartley. Mark Young is an accomplished author with over 65 books to his name. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers suggestions on creating a cento including skimming through paper for lines that will be spoken, consideration of the layout and pasting lines in the box.

An introduction to the summer art section is presented in which the author discusses articles including the visual art, mix poetry and performance at the Renga Project, the retro film series at local art houses and art pieces at the Paper Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The article reports on the trial of Sergio Wirtz, a poet and professor of literature, on charges of offending national symbols after he published a protest poem that proposed using the Mexican flag as toilet paper. He will now face trial in his native city of Campeche, in southern Mexico. If convicted Wirtz could be sentenced to a prison term of up to four years. The controversy dates from 2001, when Abel Santa Cruz Menchaca, a former army officer in Campeche, stumbled upon Wirtz's poem in a Mexican magazine Criterios. Santa Cruz was so offended by the poem that he complained to local government officials, who pressed charges against Wirtz in a district court. Soon afterward, the police arrived on the university campus and hauled Wirtz off to court.

Focuses on the non-conformity of the paintings of Peter Plagens to fashion or fads. Definition of fashion; Reason behind the suppression of the traditional bonds between painting and prose and music and poetry; Factor that led modernist artists to the practice of not representing the world in arts.

An interview with Brendan Cowell, a writer is presented. When asked about what made Paul Simon's song "The Boy in the Bubble" important to him, he said that Paul Simon's exceptional New York poetry, and a powerful, rhythmic middle in the music of this album left him in awe, deeming it the most outstanding sound he had ever encountered. He also states that his work revolves around storytelling, poetry, and music, with this particular piece staying with him always.

Discusses the book "Incantations," a collection of poetry written by Mayan women. Development of the project, which began when poet Ámbar Past visited the Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico in the early 1970s; Discussion of the Taller Lenateros (Woodlanders' Workshop), a paper and book making collective founded by Past in 1975 at the Chiapas city of San Cristobal de las Casas; Analysis of the books construction and of the poetry included in the work.

The article discusses a paper by Charles Thornbury, an associate professor of English at Saint John's University in Minnesota, which indicated that John Berryman's major ideas about poetry are founded on those held by William Butler Yeats. He cites criticisms about the American writer's imitation, and subsequent abandonment of Yeats' poetic style. Thornbury argues that these criticisms paid less attention to Berryman's appropriation of principles that Yeats formulated.

On paper, ''To Be Heard'' may sound like the kind of production that's better at ''raising awareness'' than at holding anyone's interest. In a straightforward verite style, it tracks the intertwining trajectories of three underprivileged New York City teenagers whose lives are transformed by their participation in a pedagogically progressive slam-poetry program at University Heights High School in the Bronx. There are inspirational triumphs and painful setbacks, and, yes, the students read their poems in sincerely unguarded performances. But check your cynicism at the ticket booth. ''To Be Heard'' is one of the best documentaries of the year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Poems that the defendant wrote in prison tracked the genre's well-worn themes: injustice, isolation and regret. In neat script on lined paper, the poems, by David Williams IV, were written between December 2009 and August 2010, as Mr. Williams and three other men awaited trial on charges that they had left what they thought were real bombs outside of two Bronx synagogues and had planned to shoot down military cargo planes. ''Cover me like a blanket to conceal me from disdain and hurt,'' Mr. Williams wrote on Dec. 5, 2009. ''25 to life lingers above my head like a dead man's rope.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the author explores several literary works. He suggests to read or re-read poems including "The Bridge," by Hart Cane, "Roan Stallion," by Robinson Jeffers, or "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot. He also mentions literary work of Henry James including the books "The Aspern Papers," "The Beast in the Jungle," and the short story "The Jolly Corner."

Jung Hyang Kim's abstract paintings on canvas and paper at the Anthony Giordano Gallery at Dowling College are obviously labors of love. Displaying great creativity and attention to detail, they are richly visual, combining narrative, poetry and beauty in ways that are charming and sometimes decorative. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents an interview with Stephen T. Ziliak, an economics professor at Roosevelt University. Topics discussed include the ways that writing verse helps his students understand math-based sciences, the effect of labor unions on the economy, and whether it is better to spend or save during a recession.

The article presents several stories and poems related to Christmas.

Presents images and a poem from the book 'Photographers, Writers, and the American Scene: Visions of Passage,' edited by James L. Enyeart.

Presents an article on the Gumball Poetry capsule-stuffing party, where poems on strips of paper are stuffed into plastic capsules along with a gum ball, for Gumball Poetry machines.

Focuses on the poem `The Waste Land,' by T.S. Eliot. Description of the poem; Reasons for the difficulty of reading the poem; Background information on Eliot.

Reports that in honor of National Poetry Month, three Volkswagen Beetles covered with Magnetic Poetry are touring 30 United States cities. Work of Emergency Metaphor Technicians (EMT); Source for more information.

The article presents information about the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" written by Jeremy Irons; and mentions that the poem is said to speak to the isolation and loneliness that has been engendered by the lockdowns imposed throughout the world due to the Coronavirus.

The article announces the release of the book "Essentially Athens Ohio," edited by Kari Gunter-Seymour.

Focuses on the approach used by Helen Vendler, a poet and A. Kingsley Porter university professor at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to poetry writing. Views of Hank Lazer, administrator at the University of Alabama, on the Vendler; Background as poet in several periodicals; Criticism against the her approach to poetry.

Provides information on several Web sites which feature poetry journals. Advantages of posting poetry over the Internet; Contribution of the Internet to poetry consciousness; Processes involved in Web publishing.

The article offers the author's insights on the significance of literature to history. Topics discussed include role of literature to hear voices from the past, relating the poem "I Expected My Skin and My Blood to Ripen," by contemporary Native American poet Wendy Rose, the significance of literature to re-examine what people knew about a place, and literature's role to help people attend to the past in ways that can have an impact on the future.

The article highlights the poetry works of Indian writer and lyricist Sandeep Nath. It notes that Nath who started to have shame in his works has scored many hits in Bollywood for 10 years. It mentions that Nath spent some of his formative years in Bijnor, India known to be the city of poets and litterateurs. It indicates that Nath's passion in poetry composition and writing ghazals have almost natural progression moving to Mumbai, India. Nath's further history in writing is also discussed.

The author discusses the poetry sent by California teacher Ron Gordon who conceptualized the Square Root Day 35 years ago. He agrees that it would be fun if public discourse will be done in rhyming poetic lines that are becoming rare in modern times. Also discussed are possibilities of discussing the controversy about the municipal pool or about the elections in rhyming poetry.

The article highlights the views of David Russell, author of the book "A Child Unheard," on poetry. David undergone years of psychotherapy which helped him to discover his God-given gift of creativity. The article details how poetry helped David deal with the psychological and physical issues he encountered during his childhood. It also provides an overview of his book, along with his aim for creating the book.

The article focuses the issue of women's right by exploring the poem "Moo and Thrall," by Dana Levin. It mentions that the poem weighs avoidance and confrontation, the status of rationality and information in an spectacle age, and women's rights and the omnipresent patriarchy. It is reportedly a tough feat the poet accomplishes in this poem, to enter a politicized situation and address the politics of it without slighting the human needs at play.

The article reports on the Poem in Your Pocket Day celebration held on April 18, 2013 wherein students from Laurier Heights School in Edmonton, Alberta visited the community's Wild Earth Café where they displayed a banner composed of their own poems and drawings and distributed miniature poems on the theme "Our Edmonton" to customers.

The author discusses the literary works she had explored during her college years at Morris Harvey College (University of Charleston) including William Blake's "Book of Urizen" Shelley's sonnet "Ozymandias," and Lord Byron's "Don Juan."

The article discusses the book "The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry," compiled by American poet Rita Dove, focusing on criticism of the collection in a review published by poetry critic Helen Vendler in the November 2011 issue of "The New York Review of Books" periodical. Particular attention is given to Vendler's comments regarding the amount of minority poets included in the collection, and responses to that assertion by Dove.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "When governments fail to protect their people," by Gil Kahn, and "2010: It could be verse," by Andrew Silow-Carroll in the December 31, 2009 issue, and "Kolbo, Lake Jewbegone?," by Garrison Keillor in the December 24, 2009 issue.

The article discusses the concept of money in poetry. The author stresses that poets often do not receive monetary compensation for their work, though they do talk about money in their poetry. Money is similar to poetry because in itself it has no reality and is just abstract numbers. Like poetry, it has a pool of potential meaning that is difficult to concretely understand, and in order for people to gain any benefit from money they must translate it into an experience that is personally fulfilling.

Discusses the significance of the Evergreens, the house which was built by the father of Emily Dickinson for her brother, Austin and his wife Susan in Amherst, Massachusetts, to the works of poet Emily Dickinson. Person who built the house of Dickinson called Homestead; Number of published poems by Dickinson; Affair which Austin had during his stay at the Evergreens.