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In enjoying Poetry out loud, she's part of quite the crowd - Cherry Hill Courier Post

In enjoying Poetry out loud, she's part of quite the crowd
Cherry Hill Courier Post
Shiane Salabie, 15, of Lindenwold, has used poetry as a way of overcoming her shyness. / Chris LaChall/Courier-Post The regional contest for national recitation competition Poetry Out Loud is from 10 am to 1 pm Thursday at Rutgers-Camden Center for the ...

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Poland's leaders honor Nobel poet at funeral - Boston.com

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Poland's leaders honor Nobel poet at funeral
Boston.com
February 09, 2012|AP Thousands of people are attending funeral ceremonies for 1996 Nobel-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, who died last week at the age of 88. The lay ceremony Thursday is being held under falling snow at the Rakowicki Cemetery.
Poland's president honors Nobel poet at funeralAlbany Times Union
Nobel-winning Polish poet Szymborska laid to restAFP

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Kiwi Poets in New York - Sacramento Bee

Kiwi Poets in New York
Sacramento Bee
Translation from Maori: A warm welcome to all poetry lovers and friends of New Zealand. For two years Jim Wilson travelled to cities and towns throughout the USA and put poem posters by Kiwi poets on poles, walls and in cafes and stores.

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Seattle woman named state's poet laureate - The Seattle Times (blog)

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Seattle woman named state's poet laureate
The Seattle Times (blog)
Kathleen Flenniken, a published poet who was trained as an engineer, has been named Washington state poet laureate for 2012-2014. “This is a dream job — speaking in support of the arts and humanities, and of poetry in particular, getting a chance to ...
WSU alumna named Washington state poet laureateWSU News

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Weekend Guide: Poetry Festival Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Weekend Guide: Poetry Festival Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Daniel Yaryan was just a child back in the late 1970s when the Santa Cruz Poetry Festival was a huge event on the local literary calendar. He remembers stories of the beat-poet icon Allen Ginsburg issuing a bomb-scare announcement as part of his ...

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