<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - poems</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/poems</link><description>Newsvine - poems</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:31:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:09:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Last book of late Nobel poet hits stores in Poland</title>
<description><![CDATA[A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska hit bookstores in Poland on Friday and it sold out in several shops.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11304139-last-book-of-late-nobel-poet-hits-stores-in-poland</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11304139-last-book-of-late-nobel-poet-hits-stores-in-poland</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>poland</category><category>poems</category><category>szymborska</category><category>nobel-winning-wislawa-szymborska</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:45:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Erica Jong: A poetic call to action</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I know Tara because she worked in my office and I know she’s a serious person and a good writer. Her aim has been [to] marry poetry and social activism, and that’s what  is all about.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giacinta Pace]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Giacinta Pace]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/11/4268507-erica-jong-a-poetic-call-to-action</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/11/4268507-erica-jong-a-poetic-call-to-action</guid><category>people</category><category>today</category><category>money</category><category>environment</category><category>giving</category><category>poetry</category><category>poems</category><category>but-i</category><category>jong</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/100511-EricaJong-9a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="223" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/100511-EricaJong-9a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="80" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erica Jong&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Peres poems turned to song on his 86th birthday</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shimon Peres has been a prime minister and a peacemaker. Now he's a poet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aron Heller]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aron Heller]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/17/3160364-peres-poems-turned-to-song-on-his-86th-birthday</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/17/3160364-peres-poems-turned-to-song-on-his-86th-birthday</guid><category>israel</category><category>world-news</category><category>shimon-peres</category><category>poems</category><category>ml</category><category>peres'-poems</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:05:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a0ce5da2-eee0-478a-b5fd-8a41e429bc42.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a0ce5da2-eee0-478a-b5fd-8a41e429bc42.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Israeli President Shimon Peres reacts, as he attends a gala event for his 86th birthday, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. Peres is celebrating his 86th birthday in style with a celebrity concert featuring songs adapted from his lyrics. Peres has quietly amassed an assortment of poems throughout his more than 60-year long political career. Leading Israeli artists put music to his words and performed the songs to Peres at a gala event in Tel Aviv on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Late Cambodian monk's poems detail homeland terror</title>
<description><![CDATA[For years, Ly Van Aggadipo served as the spiritual mentor to many Cambodian refugees in this old mill city, guiding followers at the Glory Buddhist Temple through family issues, work problems and recurring nightmares from the horrors of the Khmer Rouge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Russell Contreras]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/13/2542332-late-cambodian-monks-poems-detail-homeland-terror</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/13/2542332-late-cambodian-monks-poems-detail-homeland-terror</guid><category>khmer-rouge</category><category>us-news</category><category>monk</category><category>poems</category><category>cambodian</category><category>ly-van-aggadipo</category><category>glory-buddhist-temple</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:39:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c199b1a0-73f1-4865-8021-1871191e95cc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c199b1a0-73f1-4865-8021-1871191e95cc.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Samkhann Khoeun, of Lowell, Mass., holds a Khmer language manuscript of poetry by the Buddhist monk Ly Van Aggadipo, that features his photo on the cover, at the Glory Temple, in Lowell, Nov. 20, 2008. Ly Van's internal struggles from his experiences under the Khmer Rouge remained a mystery until some of his followers found a collection of his poetry left behind in his quarters at the temple. Buddhist monks Bo Chhuom, 75, behind left, and Voeun Vann, 35, behind right, look on. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9b08a7f2-5ec8-448e-b331-409981ffd604.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9b08a7f2-5ec8-448e-b331-409981ffd604.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kowith Kret, of North Chelsmford, Mass., and formerly of Cambodia, speaks with a reporter at the Glory Buddhist Temple, in Lowell, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. The elderly Buddhist Monk Ly Vann, who lived at the temple until his death in January of 2008, wrote about his internal struggles from the Khmer Rouge in poetry that was only recently discovered in his former living quarters at the temple. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/72c85f1c-d7ab-44be-a303-5abfbe6ab0b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/72c85f1c-d7ab-44be-a303-5abfbe6ab0b1.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Samkhann Khoeun, of Lowell, Mass., left, speaks with a reporter as Buddhist Monk Bo Chhuom, also of Lowell, looks on at the Glory Temple, in Lowell, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.  The elderly Buddhist Monk Ly Vann, who lived at the temple until his death in January of 2008, wrote about his internal struggles from his experiences under the Khmer Rouge in poetry that was only recently discovered in his former living quarters at the temple. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d8bcb9f0-8bc1-438d-9134-1281f7a104cf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d8bcb9f0-8bc1-438d-9134-1281f7a104cf.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A portrait of the Buddhist monk Ly Van Aggadipo, center, originally of Cambodia, hangs on a wall in the Glory Buddhist Temple, in Lowell, Mass.,  Nov. 20, 2008.  Ly Van's internal struggles from his experiences under the Khmer Rouge remained a mystery until some of his followers found a collection of his poetry left behind in the temple after his death in January of 2008. Other photos are unidentified. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e1eec238-5554-46ab-8e6e-63ba087ff7b7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e1eec238-5554-46ab-8e6e-63ba087ff7b7.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Buddhist Monk Bo Chhuom, 75, of Lowell, Mass., originally of Cambodia, right, looks on as Samkhann Khoeun, hands only at left, examines a Khmer language manuscript in the former living quarters of the Monk Ly Vann, at the Glory Buddhist Temple, in Lowell, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. VannÕs internal struggles from his experiences under the Khmer Rouge remained a mystery until some of his followers found a collection of his poetry left behind in the temple after his death in January of 2008. 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