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- 'Mahashamsana' by William SeatonCreated: 2009-12-17 @ 05:00:43 EST Updated: 2009-12-17 @ 05:33:10 EST
'Mahashamsana' by William Seaton: nightly services tender flesh ghats helvetica font holy men… - 'Boca de Tomatlan' by William SeatonCreated: 2009-12-17 @ 04:59:47 EST Updated: 2009-12-17 @ 14:54:34 EST
'Boca de Tomatlan' by William Seaton: boca de tomatlan orange flower ancient eyes helvetica font seaton… - Reading near the Roof of the WorldCreated: 2009-12-17 @ 04:20:56 EST Updated: 2009-12-17 @ 04:20:56 EST
Bill Seaton writes about his reading at the Kathmandu Writers’ Roundtable on October 29, 2009… - Share Your Story: Giving a ReadingCreated: 2009-12-17 @ 03:27:04 EST Updated: 2009-12-17 @ 05:02:43 EST
Poets share the their most memorable experiences giving readings of their poetry… - Honorable Mention, November 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-12-10 @ 02:26:54 EST
The single poem chosen for honorable mention by judge Majid Naficy in the November 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Third Place Winner, November 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-12-10 @ 02:24:12 EST
'Clothespin' by Sarah J. Sloat of Desert Moon Review… - Second Place Winner, November 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-12-10 @ 02:21:42 EST
'String theory (Schrodinger’s coffin)' by Jessica Haynes of Moontown Cafe… - First Place Winner, November 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-12-10 @ 02:17:59 EST
'Certain in my Immortality - 1947' by Alice Folkart of Blueline Poetry… - Honorable Mention, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-12-10 @ 02:17:04 EST
The single poem chosen for honorable mention by judge Majid Naficy in the October 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - About Poetry Forum Entries, November 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competit…Created: 2009-12-07 @ 02:38:03 EST
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the November 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Guide Picks – Poem Collections for Children…Created: 2009-12-03 @ 00:20:02 EST Updated: 2009-12-03 @ 03:15:13 EST
Anthologies of poems to read aloud with your children, selected by your guide… - 'The Emperor of Ice-Cream' (1922) by Wallace StevensCreated: 2009-12-03 @ 00:08:01 EST Updated: 2009-12-03 @ 00:09:58 EST
'The Emperor of Ice-Cream' (1922) by Wallace Stevens… - 'The Village Blacksmith' (1841) by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowCreated: 2009-12-02 @ 23:20:14 EST Updated: 2009-12-03 @ 00:11:48 EST
'The Village Blacksmith' (1841) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow… - Nursery Rhymes – A collection of classic English and American …Created: 2009-11-30 @ 02:52:53 EST Updated: 2009-11-30 @ 02:52:53 EST
A collection of classic English and American nursery rhymes – the lullabyes, counting games, riddles and rhymed fables that are children’s earliest experiences of poetry… - Nursery Rhymes All Kinds – The Varieties of Nursery Rhymes…Created: 2009-11-30 @ 02:51:44 EST Updated: 2009-11-30 @ 20:06:36 EST
Nursery rhymes come in many different shapes, sizes and types. Here’s an annotated list of some of the varieties of nursery rhymes, with linked examples… - Nursery Rhymes - 'This Old Man'Created: 2009-11-30 @ 02:18:25 EST
'This Old Man' (1906): knick knack helvetica font man body this old man he played one body background… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Star Light, Star Bright'Created: 2009-11-30 @ 02:15:00 EST
'Star Light, Star Bright' (1890s): star light star helvetica font first star body background itsy bitsy… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Hey Diddle Diddle'Created: 2009-11-30 @ 01:51:57 EST
'Hey Diddle Diddle' (1765): hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle cat and the fiddle cow jumped over the moon buckle my shoe helvetica font… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Hush, Little Baby'Created: 2009-11-30 @ 01:50:32 EST
'Hush, Little Baby' or 'The Mockingbird Song' (traditional, probably 18th century)… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Rock-a-bye Baby'Created: 2009-11-30 @ 01:48:32 EST
'Rock-a-bye Baby' (1805): buckle my shoe rock a bye baby baby cradle cradle will rock helvetica font… - The First Poem I Ever KnewCreated: 2009-11-26 @ 04:27:21 EST
Share your first nursery rhyme, the first poem you ever knew by heart… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Jack Sprat'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:14:44 EST
'Jack Sprat' (1639): jack sprat cake bakers pat a cake pat a cake pat a cake helvetica font… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake, Baker’s Man'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:14:18 EST
'Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake, Baker’s Man' (1698)… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:13:53 EST
'Baa Baa Black Sheep' (1744): baa baa black sheep nursery rhymes baa baa black sheep black sheep hickory dickory helvetica font… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Hickory, Dickory Dock'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:02:23 EST
'Hickory, Dickory Dock' (1744): jill nursery hickory dickory helvetica font jack and jill body background… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Jack and Jill'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:01:50 EST
'Jack and Jill' (1760s): jack and jill went up the hill vinegar and brown paper jack and jill helvetica font body background… - Nursery Rhymes - 'This Little Piggy'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:01:29 EST
'This Little Piggy' (1760): little jack horner wee wee helvetica font little piggy body background… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Little Jack Horner'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:00:59 EST
'Little Jack Horner' (1764): little jack horner christmas pie helvetica font body background good boy… - Nursery Rhymes - 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 04:00:13 EST
'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe' (1805): little miss muffet maids in the kitchen buckle my shoe fat hen pick up sticks… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Little Miss Muffet'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 03:59:45 EST
'Little Miss Muffet' (1805): twinkle twinkle little star curds and whey twinkle little star jane taylor tuffet… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' by Jane TaylorCreated: 2009-11-26 @ 03:59:10 EST
'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' by Jane Taylor (1806)… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Humpty Dumpty'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 03:58:43 EST
'Humpty Dumpty' (1810): nursery rhymes humpty dumpty sarah josepha hale all the kings men mary had a little lamb kings horses… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' by Sarah Josepha HaleCreated: 2009-11-26 @ 03:58:14 EST
'Mary Had a Little Lamb' by Sarah Josepha Hale (1830)… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Monday’s Child'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 03:57:45 EST
'Monday’s Child' (1838): wednesdays child is full of woe mondays child is fair of face saturdays child thursdays child fridays child… - Nursery Rhymes - 'Ring Around the Rosie'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 03:57:21 EST
'Ring Around the Rosie' (1881): star light star ring around the rosie helvetica font body background font weight… - Nursery Rhymes - 'The Itsy, Bitsy Spider'Created: 2009-11-26 @ 03:56:31 EST
'The Itsy, Bitsy Spider' (1910): water spout itsy bitsy spider helvetica font body background font weight… - Carpe Diem Poems – A collection of classic poems on the passag…Created: 2009-11-26 @ 02:54:17 EST Updated: 2009-11-26 @ 02:54:16 EST
A collection of classic poems on the passage of time and the human impulse to “Seize the Day,” by William Shakespeare, Thomas Jordan, Robert Herrick, Andrew Marvell, Henry Wadsw… - Before You Buy Poetry BooksCreated: 2009-11-19 @ 02:59:41 EST
A summary of things you need to think about when adding to your personal library of poetry books… - About Poetry Forum Entries, November 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competit…Created: 2009-11-04 @ 21:09:19 EST
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the November 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Third Place Winner, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:23:16 EST
'Without Salt' by Mandy Pannett of The Write Idea: syllables words fellow poets winter in paris competition body poetry competition… - Second Place Winner, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:17:22 EST
'Forbidden Lullaby' by Walter Schwim of Mosaic Musings… - First Place Winner, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:01:52 EST
'Rain' by Anna Yin of Pen Shells: majid naficy phoenix tree competition body poetry competition interboard… - 'O Gather Me the Rose' by William Ernest HenleyCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:07:05 EDT
'O Gather Me the Rose' by William Ernest Henley (1874)… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'Carpe Diem' by Robert Frost (1923)Created: 2009-10-29 @ 16:01:45 EDT
'Carpe Diem' by Robert Frost (1923): carpe diem poems quiet children helvetica font robert frost body background… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'Arise' by Ella Wheeler WilcoxCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:01:07 EDT Updated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:07:53 EDT
'Arise' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1872): carpe diem poems ella wheeler wilcox noon approaches gods work morns… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'A Psalm of Life' by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:00:18 EDT
'A Psalm of Life' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1838)… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time' by Robert H…Created: 2009-10-29 @ 15:59:45 EDT
'To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time' by Robert Herrick (1648)… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant' by Thoma…Created: 2009-10-29 @ 15:59:02 EDT
'Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant' by Thomas Jordan (1637)… - 'Carpe Diem' from Twelfth Night by William ShakespeareCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 15:58:27 EDT
'Carpe Diem' from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1623)… - Autumn Poems: 'Autumn' by Mary HamrickCreated: 2009-10-15 @ 08:15:09 EDT
'Autumn' by Mary Hamrick: autumn poems seafood paella hot chilli pepper hungry birds dark wine… - Autumn Poems: 'Geese' by Michael ShorbCreated: 2009-10-15 @ 07:32:15 EDT
'Geese' by Michael Shorb: autumn poems canadian geese shorb helvetica font splashdown… - Autumn Poems: 'Autumn Colors in the Far North' by Ruth HillCreated: 2009-10-15 @ 06:39:00 EDT
'Autumn Colors in the Far North' by Ruth Hill: queen annes lace autumn poems autumn colors ancient queen arsenic and old lace… - Translating Ginsberg’s Queer Shoulder: Raymond Federman’…Created: 2009-10-13 @ 08:33:10 EDT
M. Federman’s brilliant translation: he felt compelled to do this when he saw that the official translation made the last line, ‘America, I’m putting my queer shoulder to the whee… - Translating Ginsberg?s Queer Shoulder ? Raymond Federman?s Tiny EssayCreated: 2009-10-13 @ 08:05:17 EDT Updated: 2009-10-13 @ 08:33:56 EDT
Something’s lost in the translation—is that the poetry? And something’s gained: the illusion that homo sapiens actually communicate—is that the illusion which results in God? Th… - Honorable Mentions, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:24:50 EDT
The three poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the September 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Third Place Winners, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:24:19 EDT
'On Waking I Think of Winter' by Sarah Sloat of Desert Moon Review, (Untitled) by Matt Moseman of Conjunction and 'Illegal #2' by Sergio Ortiz of Wild Poetry Forum… - Second Place Winner, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:23:48 EDT
'The Secret Life' by Laurie Byro of Desert Moon Review… - First Place Winner, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:23:17 EDT
'We Burned Incense' by Judy Swann of The Waters: mountain goat competition body poetry competition interboard great grandmother… - Honorable Mentions, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition, part 2Created: 2009-10-08 @ 07:22:28 EDT
The three poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Highly Commended Poems, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:21:31 EDT
The four poems chosen as “Highly Commended” by judge George Szirtes in the August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Majid Naficy - Judge, The InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-05 @ 06:30:04 EDT
Background information and links for Majid Naficy, judge for the InterBoard Poetry Competition, October - December 2009… - About Poetry Forum Entries, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competiti…Created: 2009-10-05 @ 05:18:05 EDT Updated: 2009-10-05 @ 17:57:05 EDT
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the October 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Summer Poems: 'Idle Seesaw' by Robert SavinoCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:58:43 EDT
'Idle Seesaw' by Robert Savino: summer poems ghost whispers book of poems walls of separation new dawn… - Autumn Poems: 'October’s Opal' by Robert SavinoCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:56:19 EDT
'October’s Opal' by Robert Savino: autumn poems summer bloom spring gardens savino helvetica font… - Autumn Poems: 'Strange Violet Behind Trees' by Christine Klocek-LimCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:53:32 EDT
'Strange Violet Behind Trees' by Christine Klocek-Lim… - Autumn Poems: 'Welcome Back, 1964' by Jesse GlassCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:52:10 EDT
'Welcome Back, 1964' by Jesse Glass: autumn poems split oaks fence post jesse glass pre dawn… - Second Place Winners, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-09-14 @ 21:21:13 EDT
'Doris Gray Pictures Regret' by Jennifer Bennett of Conjunction, 'Migrations' by Billy Howell-Sinnard of The Writer's Block and 'Toad Festival' by Connie DeDona of Blueline Poetry Forum… - First Place Winner, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-09-14 @ 21:15:34 EDT Updated: 2009-09-14 @ 21:48:53 EDT
'Smoke and Mirrors' by Antonia Clark of The Waters… - 'The Character of the Happy Warrior' by William WordsworthCreated: 2009-09-10 @ 04:09:03 EDT
'The Character of the Happy Warrior' by William Wordsworth (1807)… - Poetry MP3 PicksCreated: 2009-09-09 @ 23:53:30 EDT Updated: 2009-09-09 @ 23:57:36 EDT
In 2001, the About.com Poetry Guides made weekly selections of the best audio recordings of poems for your online listening pleasure… - About Poetry Forum Entries, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competi…Created: 2009-09-06 @ 23:36:54 EDT Updated: 2009-09-07 @ 00:00:08 EDT
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the September 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - 'lately i’ve been dreaming of bridges' by Juliette TorrezCreated: 2009-08-22 @ 18:02:26 EDT
'lately i’ve been dreaming of bridges' by Juliette Torrez… - Poetry Channel & The Art of the Literary Gossip ColumnCreated: 2009-08-22 @ 18:00:52 EDT
An email interview with Juliette Torrez, editor/instigator/host of the Poetry Channel & Information Network, resident from November 1997 to March 1999 at About.com Poetry… - Honorable Mentions, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition, part 2Created: 2009-08-12 @ 21:24:55 EDT
The second four poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Honorable Mentions, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition, part 1Created: 2009-08-12 @ 21:24:01 EDT
The first four poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Second Place Winners, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-08-12 @ 21:23:24 EDT
'Nothing To Discuss' by Guy Kettelhack of the About Poetry Forum and 'I am Dying Afghanistan' by Bernard Henrie of The Writer's Block… - First Place Winner, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-08-12 @ 21:22:57 EDT
'The Day the Egrets Came Calling' by Christopher T. George of The Writer's Block… - About Poetry Forum Entries, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-08-07 @ 00:14:51 EDT
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - The Poem in Sarah Palin’s Farewell SpeechCreated: 2009-07-29 @ 18:49:56 EDT
An excerpt from Sarah Palin’s speech as she stepped down from the office of Alaska Governor, read as a poem by William Shatner… - Summer Poems: 'Joy Is Measured' by Ken BlackburnCreated: 2009-07-23 @ 03:14:30 EDT Updated: 2009-07-23 @ 03:16:37 EDT
'Joy Is Measured' by Ken Blackburn: ken blackburn light stripes summer poems false god holiday dream… - Summer Poems: 'Summer: Three Ways' by Dorothea GrossmanCreated: 2009-07-23 @ 03:10:26 EDT
'Summer: Three Ways' by Dorothea Grossman: poem spring spring poems summer poems poetry cd falling leaves… - Summer Poems: 'Summer in the South' (1903) by Paul Laurence DunbarCreated: 2009-07-22 @ 22:23:39 EDT
'Summer in the South' (1903) by Paul Laurence Dunbar… - 'We Wear the Mask' by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895)Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:57:35 EDT
'We Wear the Mask' by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895): paul lawrence dunbar bleeding hearts world dream poetic forms helvetica font… - Summer Poems: 'Summer — we all have seen —' (#1386) by E…Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:56:41 EDT
'Summer — we all have seen —' (#1386) by Emily Dickinson… - Summer Poems: 'Summer Sun' by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:56:08 EDT
'Summer Sun' from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)… - Summer Poems: 'The Summer Rain' by Henry David Thoreau (1842)Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:55:34 EDT
'The Summer Rain' by Henry David Thoreau (1842): henry david thoreau summer poems shakespeares life drop of dew troy town… - Summer Poems: 'Summer' from The Second Pastoral, by Alexander Pope (…Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:55:07 EDT
'Summer' from The Second Pastoral, by Alexander Pope (1709)…