Sentences with phrase «poetry readings in»

How many North American law firms would sponsor poetry readings in their offices, and have them attended by goodly numbers of practising lawyers.

• Speaking of tours, we are intrigued by Brit poet Simon Armitage's empty - pocket plans to walk a 260 - mile stretch of the English coast this summer, giving poetry readings in exchange for food and shelter.

As U.S. Poet Laureate at the start of the new century, Billy Collins promoted daily poetry readings in class — without analysis, just for exposure to the language and cadence of the genre.

He's invited me to a poetry reading in a café so I head there, thinking I can quickly end it and head back to Houston afterwards.

One of the unique aspects of this site is its assortment of audio recordings, which would make a fabulous introduction to a poetry reading in your classroom.

On the evening of March 1, we hosted a special poetry reading in the presence of the artist.

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He also had a stuttering problem until his 20s, and overcame it by reading poetry aloud in front of a mirror, to smooth out cadence and forcing himself to participate in as many public speaking events as possible.

Pursuing poetry on the side, he became very active in the New York open poetry scene, and met Dina Friedman at an open reading in Greenwich Village.

«If a daughter is born,» Wood wrote, «there will be a public celebration in Court, with readings from poetry celebrating girls and women.»

Along with requiring from students the usual sorts of speeches conforming to the usual sorts of categories, I always included sections on poetry recitations (they usually hated that) and public reading in front of a group, say, at church.

I want the sloppy prayers and the hope and the flags and the unreasonable and embarrassing expectations for the voice of God to break through my life and the unprofessional dancers and the praying in tongues and the Eucharist and the Book of Common prayer being read aloud like it's slam poetry in an old warehouse.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

She makes young people welcome, encouraging them to read and to share her passion for literature and poetry, and has given talks in the parish about her work in Churchill's wartime headquarters in London.

Augustine's understanding of the meaning of his own experience, for example, would not have the focus it does without his reading of the Vulgate's translation of Psalms, and the poetry of George Herbert would have been unimaginable without his immersion in the King James Version of the Psalter.

Jeanne Murray Walker, professor of English at the University of Delaware, offers in her most recent book of poetry, Coming Into History, some of the finest poems I have read in recent years.

So in the spirit of Sabbath, I'll be taking most of next week off to hang out with family, spend some time outdoors, read poetry like a maniac, and eat ice cream.

I wanted to read it, out loud, with a glass of red wine in my hand, it was pure, spare poetry.

In addition to spending a lot of time in Isaiah and the Gospels, for my own reading in the mornings, I've always turned to Luci Shaw's book for Advent and Christmas poetry called Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation or her co-written devotional with Madeleine L'Engle called Wintersong: Christmas Readings along with my daily time with Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary RadicalIn addition to spending a lot of time in Isaiah and the Gospels, for my own reading in the mornings, I've always turned to Luci Shaw's book for Advent and Christmas poetry called Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation or her co-written devotional with Madeleine L'Engle called Wintersong: Christmas Readings along with my daily time with Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicalin Isaiah and the Gospels, for my own reading in the mornings, I've always turned to Luci Shaw's book for Advent and Christmas poetry called Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation or her co-written devotional with Madeleine L'Engle called Wintersong: Christmas Readings along with my daily time with Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicalin the mornings, I've always turned to Luci Shaw's book for Advent and Christmas poetry called Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation or her co-written devotional with Madeleine L'Engle called Wintersong: Christmas Readings along with my daily time with Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.

By contrast, in literature class we read poetry and fiction, and in social science we study the subjective beliefs of various cultures from a naturalistic perspective.

Throughout, he highlights Christian artists who read «God's presence in the highest poetry, history, and philosophy of the pre-Christian, Greco - Roman world» and saw it fulfilled in the New Testament's revelation.

In the night hours, when the tinies have gone to sleep, I want to write poetry or read books.

Not all Christians read the Bible literally but take much of it to be collections of folktales, poetry, and history that sometimes illustrate how difficult it can be to navigate through life and grapple with the questions of where we come from, where we're going, and how we are to live in the meantime.

One who wishes to appreciate Kabir would do well to read from Tagore's beautiful translation of one hundred of his poems in One Hundred Poems of Kabir.14 Reading the Tagore version, over against the translation of Kabir's poetry included in the Granth (by Trumpp), one is constrained to wonder whether there is not more of Tagore than Kabir in the former's renderings.

Hence it is possible to do what Pope Pius XII urged in his encyclical Divino Afflatu: to read history, where it is present, as history although written of course in the fashion thought right at the time; and to recognize and study poetry as poetry, legend as legend, myth as myth, moral teaching as moral teaching.

I could read poetry because it relaxes me before I go to sleep, or I could read listening for the Spirit in the poet's words.

This reading practice, offering a purchase on literature to anyone who wanted one, receded in the 1970s as pedagogues turned from New Criticism to Big Theory, and further in the 1990s as poetry and novels lost prestige and young people no longer aspired to read them closely for cultural capital.

Keillor is a powerful reciter of varied kinds of poetry, as we discovered when we heard him give a reading in Chicago as part of a recent book tour.

This is due to having read things like Martha Bayles's assessment (in the best book on rock), which begins with his poetry and proceeds to his character:

We don't have to equate history with allegory with poetry, or read them in the same way.

In her own readings she emphasizes the meter in an almost sing - song, seeming to hearken back to the days of oral poetrIn her own readings she emphasizes the meter in an almost sing - song, seeming to hearken back to the days of oral poetrin an almost sing - song, seeming to hearken back to the days of oral poetry.

There are reasons, for example, and reasons based on principles, that explain not only why classroom furniture should not be bolted to the floor, but why maps should not have political frontiers drawn in darker ink than other lines, and why epic poetry should be introduced by reading selections in their original language.

Consequently, the Arabic - speaking world did not receive what could not be translated and had to be read in the original, namely, poetry, epics, drama.

With the other monks he slept in the large upstairs dormitory, ate in the refectory, listening to suitable reading at the same time; and had his stall in the church for the services which were patterned across the day and some of the night These services were centred on the recitation of the sacred poetry of the Jews, the 150 Psalms, which the early Jewish Christians had continued to recite when they became followers of Jesus, and which had become the staple Christian prayer.

Inner harmony grows not by finding ways to get away from your child, but by giving yourself the gift of a hot bath at the end of a long day, reading a book of poetry, talking to a friend on the phone, taking a nap, crying, getting a massage, having a day off from cleaning and cooking, staying in your pajamas all day, swimming, going out to eat, or attending a conference.

Fetus heart races when mom reads poetry; new findings reveal fetuses recognize mother's voice in - utero.

, and showering together, while The Nest offers no less than 50 «hot» ideas, including buying your sweetie three new articles of lingerie, driving to your nearby Lover's Lane to make - out in the back seat, watching the sunrise together, and reading poetry to each other.

In the past, governors and other elected officials have kept a low profile on the anniversary of the attacks, usually just reading lines of poetry.

In his unpaid role as Poet Laureate, Kelly will serve for a one - year term and bring poetry to the community through a series of readings and events.

Widely published and read, much of her poetry appeared in The New York Times Book Review and the aforementioned Poetry magazine.

In their Poems for Science tent, the group encourages marchers to read printouts of some of the speeches from the rally; participants can cross out select words to create their own found poetry.

Twine games are reminiscent of poetry in that they encourage players to read and experience text in a novel way.

Twine games are reminiscent of poetry in that they try to manipulate how players read and experience text.

Some of the coolest people I know in New York take singing classes for fun, participate in different dance classes, attend and speak at poetry readings and spend their Saturday mornings painting furniture.

Some of the older kids were asking for books of poetry, because they were studying it in class, and wanted some to read at home!

As long as I can remember, I've always felt most comfortable expressing myself through poetry, writing my most coveted thoughts in my journal, as well as reading books and magazines.

Following on from the legal ceremony, we staged our own take on a wedding ceremony, including «there in love in you» by Four Tet (an album Jon bought for Nat as a gift on their first valentine's) whilst our friends and family contributed beautiful readings and poetry from Baha'i, Christian and non religious texts.

I don't want to read your 1400 word profile that's devoid of punctuation or written in non-sensical poetry.

My last free women dating tip is to build a great fire in your fireplace and poetry to read each other.

It might be walking in the countryside, it might be writing poetry, baking cakes, sculpting, playing tennis, reading — whatever it is, write about it in your dating profile and I've no doubt that you'll attract like - minded souls.

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