Peter Dinklage from ‘Game of Thrones’ Reads Poem for ICE Activist Renee Good, Slams Foot, Leaves the Stage
Peter Dinklage Recites Poem Honoring Renee Goode at Rally Actor Peter Dinklage recently honored Renee Goode, a 37-year-old activist tragically killed after being struck by a vehicle driven by a federal agent. In a heartfelt moment at a rally, he recited a poem by Amanda Gorman titled “To Renee Nicole Goode, Killed by ICE on […]
Bono Shares Touching Poem Remembering USAID Closure in Video with Bush and Obama
Farewell to USAID from Notables On Monday, former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, along with musician Bono, expressed their sorrow over the closure of the United States International Development Agency (USAID). Bono even shared a heartfelt poem he wrote to commemorate the loss. A poignant video farewell was released by the trio, marking […]
‘Impressive, ingenious and affecting’ poem about missing an absent son wins National Poetry Competition | Books
Inspired by the writer's experience of missing out on his son after his son moved from the UK to Australia, the poem won this year's £5,000 national poetry competition. Fiona Larkin's poem “Absence” has grammar and was chosen from almost 22,000 entries. “The odds are so high that it feels like a lottery win,” Larkin […]
Poem of the week: The Day of Judgement by Jonathan Swift | Jonathan Swift
judge's dayement In a whirlpool of suppressed thoughts,I sink from daydreaming to rest. A terrifying vision struck me,I saw graves dedicated to the dead.Jove, armed with fear, bursts the sky,Then thunder roars and lightning flashes.Surprised and confused, their fate unknown,The world trembles before his throne.As the pale sinners bowed their heads,Jove nodded and shook the […]
Embattled NYC schools chief David Banks recites Nelson Mandela’s favorite poem
The city's embattled superintendent of education delivered a thin speech in his annual address on Tuesday that offered no metrics on student achievement, before bizarrely having the audience recite a poem that Nelson Mandela “recited every day during his incarceration.” The famous poem “Invictus,” written by English poet William Ernest Henley in 1875, includes lines […]
“Poetic prophecy”: 105-year old Rudyard Kipling poem West
When discussing prophetic authors, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and Ray Bradbury are almost always mentioned, but what about Rudyard Kipling, author of “The Jungle Book”? This is not a name you often hear when it comes to clairvoyant authors. but, Glenn Beck Rediscovering Kipling’s 1919 Poem “The Gods of Copybook Headlines” And that is enough […]
Stevie Nicks writes moving poem about heartbreak for Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’: ‘For T and me’
Stevie Nicks lent her creative talents to Taylor Swift for her long-awaited album, The Tortured Poets Department. The 75-year-old Fleetwood Mac alum penned a moving poem about heartbreak that serves as a prologue to the 14-time Grammy winner’s 11th studio album. The album was released on Friday, with a surprise announcement to fans at 2 […]
Poem: Sally Read’s ‘The Crucifier’
British poet Sally Reid began to question her lifelong atheism when she came across a simple icon of the face of Christ in a church in a small Italian village. In her memoir, she “Bright darkness of the night” Reed recalls a time when he felt a strange urge to pray. “Without faith or unbelief, […]
Poem inspired by New York mugging wins top prize in National Poetry Competition | Books
A poem inspired by the author’s own experiences with a robbery has won first prize of £5,000 in a national poetry competition. When I Was Robbed in New York City by Imogen Wade is about a man locked in a van at JFK airport by a man dressed in black, driven to Grand Central Station, […]