Poetry

The Pedophile Terrorist and The Fight on Box Hill

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:45:47 -0500

Dada is such a significant movement that had revolutionized abstract art and sound poetry, it was the starting point to performance art and has influenced art from pop art through to its uses in the 1960’s. Of course it also lay down the ground work for the rise of Surrealism.

James Jackson Because Poetry Ain't Easy

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:49:54 -0500

James Jackson is a Melbourne artist who has a great deal to offer the Poetry scene both locally and nationally. He has always used poetry the way it should be used. Poetry needs inner strength and courage. Jackson has always performed in this way and his level of rage has been used to throw out and express his spoken word via intellect, wit and satire.

Quartet for the End of Time: A Poem

TriciaLondon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:51:39 -0600

Poetry Corner by Melissa-Mindy Trump-Hilton.

Poetry Corner for November 29, 2008

TriciaLondon — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:09:38 -0600

"On Becoming a Kennedy: A Poem," by Melissa-Mindy Trump-Hilton.

Space Foundation Gives Nod To Poetry, Awards Vanna Bonta

celebwire.mo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:11:00 -0500

A poetry magazine launched by Vanna Bonta gets an award from space professionals proving beauty is part of equations and efficiency is pointless without humanity.

How alliteration enhances poetry, prose and memory

harminka — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:05:51 -0500

From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory.

An evening of poetry and music at Queen's University

seher — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:28:48 -0600

Members of the public are invited to attend an evening of poetry and music at Queen’s University later this week in honour of Anestis Evangelou, one of the most important Greek poets of the late 20th century.

Arab street poets sing the praises of George Galloway

seher — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:31:57 -0600

Traditional-style Bedouin poetry distributed hand-to-hand by unofficial means provides an outlet for popular political dissent in the Arab world, according to new research at Oxford University.

Czech Franz Kafka Prize goes to France

Dinka — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:54:33 -0500

Yves Bonnefoy, the best French poet, has received a prestigious Czech literary prize in Prague on Tuesday. An international jury that included prominent German literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki and British publisher John Calder selected Bonnefoy in March to win the annual Franz Kafka Prize awarded by the Prague-based Franz Kafka Society.

Computer poetry pushes genre envelope

harminka — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:24:01 -0500

What happens to poetry in the Digital Age? In one of the first academic works in the field, Swedish researcher Maria Engberg has studied how the ability of the computer to combine words, images, movement, and sounds is impacting both writing and reading.

English three off to Cambridge

Anastvatz — Mon, 21 May 2007 06:08:04 -0500

A Bill Gates scholarship will allow a University of Sydney student to complete a PhD at Cambridge University in communist poetry.

Lightning Source Takes Up "Scarlet Tears Of London"

MichaelChima — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:07:42 -0500