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Female prison officer, 44, who wrote sexually explicit poetry for inmate during illicit relationship is jailed

The Daily Mail 25 Apr 2026
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. Livvy Edney, 44, started a relationship with prisoner Paul Young while working at HMP Channings Wood in Devon ....
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Cesar Toscano: Celebrating National Poetry Month with Quad-Cities college poet

Dispatch Argus 25 Apr 2026
This is Education Reporter Cesar Toscano's third of four columns featuring a student poet for National Poetry Month, this time with Scott Community College student Alexis Willet ... .
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Author’s Tranquility Press Announces Llamas on the Porch as a Poetry Collection Emerging from the ...

GetNews 25 Apr 2026
A reflective work exploring identity, loss, and the shared human search for meaning ... He also notes the seamless blending of poetry and prose as an expression of lived experience shaped by curiosity, reflection, and the enduring presence of family ... Dr.
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The balm of poetry in a troubled world can be inspiring all year

Tallahassee Democrat 25 Apr 2026
We spoke of many things, but one that seemed poignant to me was the growing interest we each have found in poetry ... And I shared with her my interest of late in incorporating poetry into worship ... April is National Poetry Month ... More poetry inspiration.
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John Keats’s embarrassing passion

New Statesman 25 Apr 2026
handing back 17 stolen books to the Whitney family ... He admired the poetry enormously, finding in it evidence of a Shakespearean gift, but the personality revealed by the letters struck him as wanting in what he called character and self-command.
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In Shakespeare’s time, Irish poetry had the power to kill rats

Irish Central 24 Apr 2026
The belief that Irish bards could rhyme a rat to death began with the early Celts ... .
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A look at Vermont’s rich poetry history

Caledonian Record 24 Apr 2026
MONTPELIER — At the Vermont Statehouse on April 1, Nadine Budbill read from “Judevine. A Love Song for a Place and Its People,” a poetry collection by her father, David Budbill, published in 2025. Drawing on his time living in ....
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Ellen Burstyn reflects on how poetry impacts her life

CBS News 24 Apr 2026
Ellen Burstyn, known for her Oscar-winning role in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," has spent seven decades in Hollywood, but she tells "CBS Mornings" that poetry has also shaped her life as she discusses her new book "Poetry Says It Better." ... .
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At Lexington library, State Poet Jewel Rodgers invites community into the art of poetry

The North Platte Telegraph 24 Apr 2026
Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers turned a Lexington workshop into an interactive poetry experience, inviting attendees to write, share and connect through the art form ... .
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Prison officer who wrote sexually explicit poetry for inmate jailed

The Daily Telegraph 24 Apr 2026
A prison officer who wrote an explicit Valentine’s Day poem for a sex offender inmate has been jailed for six months ... It read ... Young also read out poetry he had written for Edney and they discussed taking a trip to Venice after he was released ... He said.
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The Teen Pager: For National Poetry Month

The East Hampton Star 24 Apr 2026
Happy National Poetry Month! As April begins to come to a close, I want to highlight the literary form that the month celebrates.  ... Also in April, teachers across the world highlight poetry as the literary pillar that it is. .
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Poetry and Place: ‘A Life in the Sierra’ Explores Nature, Memory and Mountain Living

GetNews 24 Apr 2026
A reflective blend of poetry and prose, A Life in the Sierra by author and poet Jamie Lee Hamann offers readers an intimate look at life shaped by the Sierra Nevada mountains, where landscape and memory intersect in quiet, deliberate ways.
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In an Age of Image Overload, AIPAD’s The Photography Show Reminds Us What a Photograph ...

New York Observer 24 Apr 2026
Many of the presentations at this year’s edition of The Photography Show demonstrate how photography can function as a form of visual poetry, capable of preserving fleeting moments of beauty and ...
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