by Jack Moline | May 20, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
I am afraid of poetry. I was never bitten by an iambic pentameter or terrorized by a sonnet. However, I am as bad at identifying good poetry as I am at filling out my brackets for March Madness. (This year I was out of teams before the Sweet Sixteen.) So, I mostly...
by Kira Dewey | Aug 9, 2022 | Opinion
One of the many challenges we face when studying the Bible is understanding literature written in unfamiliar styles. With the impact that novels and book series have on today’s literary culture, studies show that poetry in particular has fallen by the wayside....
by Lee Camp | May 23, 2018 | Opinion
An endorsement blurb from Johnny Cash graces the back side of “Nashville Skyline,” Bob Dylan’s 1969 album recorded in Music City. “Here-in is a hell of a poet,” said Cash, as reported by Robert Hudson in his book, “The Monk’s...
by Trevor Barton | Apr 16, 2018 | Opinion
My shoes thumped the city sidewalk, pounding out the rhythm that runners make as they use their feet to travel from one place to another. I was close enough to the end of my three-mile run and far enough from the Charlotte Ballet building where my son, Zeke, was...
by Daniel Burke | Oct 14, 2010 | News
(RNS) The California agency that distributes public funds for stem cell research has apologized for honoring a poem that appropriated language from the sacrament of Holy Communion. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine held a poetry contest to promote...