Ms. Oswald was happy to collect an Eliot Prize back when the money used by the Poetry Book Society to organize the contest was coming from the government.
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Perhaps swept up by the historical poetry of young people facing down a tyrant's thugs, Mr Cameron compared the young protesters of Cairo to other peaceful movements for change, from the velvet revolutions in central and eastern Europe to the civil-rights struggle in America.
The one devoted to the Russian revolution, short enough to whet the appetite for more, is amongst the strongest, both in its choice of extracts, and in the effectiveness and immediacy of its poetry by the likes of Alexander Blok and Anna Akhmatova.
In 1970, the Hudson Review published an issue with the theme "Poetry and Ecology, " which included an essay by Wendell Berry ("the poetry guru of the ecology movement").
Each man brought something distinct to the discussion, from Keats's revelations about the state of British hospitals, to Lamb's tipsy assertion that Newton had destroyed the poetry of the rainbow by reducing it to a prism.
The congress also encompassed an exhibition of eight different ethnic communities based on field work carried out by the NFS. An international poetry recitation and folk-performance on the occasion of the birth-centenary of the Nepali poet Siddhicharan Shrestha was also part of the congress.
Sellars tells the story through texts ranging from those by the 12th-century mystic Hildegard von Bingen to the 20th-century radical Catholic activist Dorothy Day, from poetry by Louise Erdrich and Rosario Castellanos to excerpts from the Old and News Testaments.
Too many people are unnecessarily intimidated by poetry, the ultimate quick read that keeps on giving as you read your favorites again and again.
As the band has asserted, Howl, is, after all, an homage to legendary 'Frisco beat poet Allen Ginsberg, who wrote a book of poetry by the same name.
For those of us of a certain age, the majesty and poetry of the heavens was written by Carl Sagan.
"All of the defendants have the greatest respect for Rosa Parks, but their music, like poetry, is protected by the First Amendment, " says Joseph Beck, a lawyer representing the Atlanta-based OutKast.
The prize for poetry went to Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey and the general non-fiction award went to The Looming Tower, a best-selling investigation of the 11 September terrorist attacks on America by Lawrence Wright.
Poetry torn up by the roots, he later said, that took his breath away.
The poetry, written by Maya Angelou, clumps along with a confessional earnestness that makes you clench your fists and try not to laugh.
His is characterised by, among other things, the poetry of William Blake, the writing of George Orwell, the World Cup victory of 1966 and Marmite.
"There was a fantastic book I found whilst scouring various bookshops, of poetry written by some of the inmates, " said Gwilym.
Its exquisite garden of bonsai and carved stone animals was created by the brooding emperor Go Mizuno, whose poetry survives there in stone fragments.
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Those lights will be accompanied by recorded sounds form the city, conversations, poetry, noise and music.
Falconry forms the basis of a wider cultural heritage, including traditional dress, food, songs, music, poetry and dance, sustained by the communities and clubs that practise it.
It takes the form of a poetry contest punctuated by sword and step movements and poetic exchanges between a singer poet and a choir.
Whenever politicians become more interested in symbols than realities, they are seduced by a poisonous poetry that forces their people into the clammy embrace of poverty.
Longing and regret, artistic frustration and new hope, self-revelation and self-loathing arise from loopy coincidences, tough reunions, and urban street poetry in this delicate romantic comedy by the South Korean director Hong Sang-soo.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Parks continued to push his creative boundaries by writing poetry, producing documentaries, and composing the music for a ballet based on the life of Martin Luther Jr.
The conference also highlighted the launch of a new Mari-language radio station, which crucially will include not just the folk-music and poetry beloved by cultural conservationists, but also modern idioms such as rap music in Mari.
He's collected a wide range of poetry for the piece, including work by Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson and Shakespeare.
Others include Seize the Day, a day-long celebration of the art form taking place later in the year that will feature a marathon reading compered by Poetry Please presenter Roger McGough.
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Falconry forms the basis of a wider cultural heritage, including traditional dress, food, songs, music, poetry and dance, all of which are sustained by the communities and clubs that practise it.
Prior to filming The Awakening, Hall read Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That, The Great Silence: 1918-1920 Living in the Shadow of the Great War by Juliet Nicholson and "a lot of war poetry".
Levy is so inspired by the magnificence of life on Cape Cod that he has taken to penning poetry about it.
Poetry recital was highlighted in the BBC's Off by Heart competition, where in 2009, thousands of primary school children learned and performed poems and, this year, secondary school pupils will begin tackling passages from Shakespeare.
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