It also wants to use such public reading of poetry as a way of building teenagers' self-confidence.

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Ms al-Qurmazi was arrested in March 2011 after giving public readings of poetry she wrote that was critical of the ruling family.

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Dogged by ill health, he found it difficult to forge relationships with women, teetered on the brink of alcoholism and suffered so acutely from agoraphobia that he never gave a public performance of his poetry.

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RCC, made a public appearance the next day at a poetry festival where honey-tongued bards concocted unctuous rhymes in praise of the regime.

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The Mets may or may not sign Michael Bourn, but in their dealings with the center fielder, they've at least given baseball something new: the vaguely public contract negotiation as impenetrable art, along the lines of language poetry.

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Public performances and popular prose works were necessary distractions from the writing of poetry.

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To commemorate the opening, there are new public art installations and more than 100 family-friendly events planned for the summer season, including dance performances, poetry readings, art workshops, nature scavenger hunts and film screenings.

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