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Pocket schedule A pocket schedule is a small, foldable guide which typically fits in a wallet or pocket. It is most often used by sports clubs or their sponsors for marketing purposes, in addition to displaying the team's scheduled matches.
Pocket Size Pocket Size is the name of a house music duo from England featuring producer Darren Prearson and singer Liz Overs. In 1999 they hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Walking" on Atlantic Records.
Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars is an album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, released in 2001. This album was re-released in 2005 accompanying Answering Machine Music as a two CD set entitled The First Two Albums on One CD.
Pocket trumpet [trumpet in Bâ™­, with standard size bell and medium-large bore]The pocket trumpet is a compact size Bâ™­ trumpet, with same playing range as the regular trumpet. It is a non-standard instrument, not to be found in orchestral brass sections and is generally regarded as a novelty.
Pocket Tanks Pocket Tanks is a very popular 1-2 player computer game, created by Blitwise Productions (the same creator of Super DX-Ball). Adapted from Michael Welch's earlier Amiga game Scorched Tanks, this newer version features better physics, dozens of weapons ranging from simple explosive shells to homing missiles, and the ability to move your tank.
Pocket Tunes Pocket Tunes is shareware software for Palm OS 5, an operating system for PDA's, used for playing music or other sound files. Alternatives for Palm OS include RealPlayer (freeware), DioPlayer, The Core Pocket Media Player (FLOSS), and AeroPlayer (shareware).
Pocket universe Pocket universes are a type of very small parallel universe sometimes found in science fiction and fantasy. They are sometimes "attached" to a larger parent universe, making them literally pockets of space, but this is not a necessary feature and the name generally just refers to their small size.
Pocketbike racing Pocketbike racing, also known as Minimoto or Mini GP racing, is a category of racing where miniature racing motorcycles (known as pocketbikes or minimoto) are raced around kart tracks. It is a popular sport in Japan and Europe and is gaining in popularity in other parts of the world.
Pocketful of Miracles Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 film starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, and Bette Davis. It was directed by Frank Capra from a screenplay based on an earlier screenplay by Capra and Robert Riskin for Capra's Lady for a Day (1933) and a story by Damon Runyon.
PocketFami The Pocket Fami, also known as Pocket Famicom (although this name was never used by the manufacturers as Famicom is a trademark of Nintendo) and Pokefami (ポケファミ) is an unlicensed handheld hardware clone of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES, known in Japan as the Nintendo Family Computer, or Famicom) produced by GameTech and released in 2004.
Pockethole joinery Pocket hole joinery is a form of woodworking joinery that requires the use of special drill bits and clamps to drill holes at acute angles in two pieces of work that are usually fitted together at a ninety degree angle. Although it is not usually critical that the two pieces of work are joined at a ninety degree angle this is the case in most circumstances.
Pockmark Pockmarks are crater-shaped scars on a person's face, usually the result of acne and infections such as chicken pox. The word can also be used to refer to a cratered surface, such as that of a moon or the façade of a building.
Pocky & Rocky is a scrolling shooter video game with action elements licensed by Taito to Natsume, who developed and published the game for release in Japan in 1992 and the rest of the world in 1993. It is the sequel to the 1986 arcade game KiKi KaiKai (originally released in North America as "Knight Boy") and follows the continued adventures of a young Shinto shrine maiden named Pocky (called "Sayo-chan" in the Japanese version) and her new companion, Rocky the Raccoon ("Manuke" in the original).
Pocomoke River The Pocomoke River stretches approximately 73 miles (117 km) from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At its mouth, the river is essentially an arm of Chesapeake Bay, whereas the upper river flows through a series of relatively inaccessible wetlands called the Pocomoke River Swamp, largely populated by Loblolly Pine, Red Maple and Baldcypress.
Pocomtuc The Pocomtuc were a Native American tribe inhabiting the Connecticut River valley from the northern tip of Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, and the tri-state area of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Placenames such as Agawam, Norwottuck, and Squawkeag bear to the Pocomtuc presence.
Pocono Raceway Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond. It is the site of two annual NASCAR Nextel Cup races held just weeks apart in June and July.
Poczet Poczet (fellowship or retinue) (plural Poczty) was the smallest organized unit of soldiers in Kingdom of Poland and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 15th until the 18th century. The name of a medium or heavy-cavalry soldiers in poczet was pocztowy.
Poczobutt (crater) Poczobutt is a large lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the northwestern limb in an area occasionally brought into sight due to libration effects. This is a damaged formation that is partly overlain by several named craters.
Pod People (Invasion of the body snatchers) Pod people is a nickname given to an alien species featured in the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 1978 remake of the same name and the 1993 film Body Snatchers.
Pod slurping Podslurping is using a portable data storage device such as an iPod to illicitly download large quantities of confidential data by directly plugging it into a computer where the data is held, and which may be on the inside of a firewall. As these storage devices become smaller and their storage capacity becomes greater, they are becoming an increasing security risk to companies and government agencies.
Podalic version Podalic version is an obstetric procedure wherein the fetus is turned within the womb such that one or both feet present through the cervix during childbirth. It is used most often in cases where the fetus lies transversely or in another abnormal position in the womb.
Podcast A podcast is a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Like 'radio', it can mean both the content and the method of syndication.
Podcasting by traditional broadcasters Starting in the autumn of 2004, radio stations began to investigate podcasting as suitable for delivering their programming, especially news and interview shows that were free of the complications of music licensing. The first pioneers were mainly English language public radio producers, such as those associated with US National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and the British and Australian Broadcasting Corporations, followed within months by commercial radio, and by broadcasters in other countries and other languages.
Podcat Podcat-A term coined by Michael Capson on The Radio Program Good Morning Dude which means "A person who enjoys podcasts to excessive amounts and/or someone who listens to podcasts on a regualr basis".
Podesta (island) Podesta is a phantom island reported by the Italian Captain Pinocchio of the vessel Barone PodestĂ  in 1879 claiming it to be just over a kilometre in circumference located 1390 km due west of Valparaiso, Chile. It was originally located 900 miles west of Chile's coast.
Podex Podex (Pronounced: puddocks) is an English unisex team ball game played in the Lee Abbey Christian community in North Devon between The House and The Camp. The Camp can be any of the three summer youth camps held each summer.
Podge and Rodge Podge and Rodge are the two characters from A Scare at Bedtime and The Podge and Rodge Show, an Irish adult comedy televised puppet show. The characters were created and are produced by Ciaran Morrison and Mick O'Hara, who also voiced the characters of Zig and Zag.
Podhale The Podhale (literally "Mountain meadows") is Poland's most southern region, sometimes referred to as the "Polish highlands". The Podhale is located in the foothills of the Tatra range of the Carpathian mountains, and is characterized by a rich tradition of folklore that is much romanticized in the Polish patriotic imagination.
Podhale rifles Podhale rifles () is a traditional name of the mountain infantry units of the Polish Army. Formed in 1918 out of volunteers of the region of Podhale, in 1919 the smaller detachments of Podhale rifles were pressed into two mountain infantry divisions, the 21st Mountain Infantry and 22nd Mountain Infantry Divisions, as well as into three brigades of mountain infantry.
Podiatric medical school Podiatric Medical School commonly referred to as "Podiatry School" is the term used to designate the medical institutions in the United States which educate students and train them to be a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (D.P.
Podiatrist Podiatry or "Podiatric Medicine" is a field of healthcare primarily devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and sometimes knee, leg and hip (collectively known as the lower extremity). In this regard, the range of disorders of the lower extremity which podiatry can address is largely dependent on the scope of practice as per national, state, and/or provincial jurisdiction.
Podiatry Podiatry is a field of healthcare devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and sometimes knee, leg and hip (collectively known as the lower extremity). The terms podiatry and chiropody are not interchangeable, with the word chiropody being most used in the UK, and podiatry in the US.
Podkowa Leśna Podkowa Leśna (literal meaning - "forest horsehoe", Polish in full: Miasto-ogród Podkowa Leśna - "City-Garden Podkowa Leśna") is a town in Grodzisk Mazowiecki County (Masovian Voivodeship) of Poland and located in Łowicko–Błońska Plain on the territory of Młochowskie Forests. City status - from January 1, 1969.
Podlachia Podlachia, Podlesia, or Podlasie is a historical region in the eastern part of Poland and western Belarus. It is located between the Biebrza River in the north and its natural continuation to the south — the Polesia area.
Podmoskovie Stadium Podmoskovie Stadium, situated in the suburb of Shchelkovo some 15 km from the centre of Moscow, is one of the oldest stadia in Russia. Built in 1928, it underwent a major refurbishment in 2003 to modernise its facilities.
Podocarpaceae Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, with 18-19 genera and about 170-200 species of evergreen trees and shrubs. The family is a classic member of the Antarctic flora, with its main centres of diversity in Australasia, particularly New Caledonia, Tasmania and New Zealand, and to a slightly lesser extent, Malesia and South America (in the latter, primarily in the Andes mountains).
Podocarpus Podocarpus is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The 105 species of Podocarpus are evergreen shrubs or trees from 1-25 m (rarely to 40 m) in height.
Podocarpus drouynianus Podocarpus drouynianus is a species of podocarp native to the relatively high rainfall southwestern corner of Western Australia, where it is known by the confusing name of "Wild Plum" (it is not a plum). It grows around creeks in sandy or gravelly soil.
Podocarpus latifolius Podocarpus latifolius (Broad-leaved Yellowwood or Real Yellowwood) is a large evergreen tree up to 35 m high and 3 m trunk diameter, in the conifer family Podocarpaceae; it is the type species of the genus Podocarpus.
Podocarpus lawrencei Podocarpus lawrencei is a species of podocarp native throughout the Australian high country, from southern Tasmania through to the New South Wales highlands, where it is known by the confusing name of Mountain Plum-pine (it is not a pine nor a plum). It grows on exposed sites to 1,800 m, often forming living carpets over rocks through wind pruning.
Podocarpus spinulosus Podocarpus spinulosus, the Spiny-leaf Podocarp, is a species of podocarp native to the warm-temperate coastal regions of New South Wales and southern Queensland. It is generally an understorey shrub, rarely growing more than 2 m tall.
Podocarpus totara Podocarpus totara (Totara) is a species of podocarp endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern portion of the South Island in lowland, montane and lower subalpine forest at 0-480(-600) m elevation.
Podolia The region of Podolia (also spelt Podilia or Podillya) is a historical region in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine, corresponding to Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Vinnytsia Oblast. Northeastern Moldova is also a part of Podolia.
Podomancy Podomancy (also known as solistry) is a divination by examining the lines of soles. Similar to palmistry, where the divination is based on the person's palm shape and lines, podomancy is based on the belief that person's feet represent the symbol of that person's soul.
Podophyllin Podophyllin is a resinous powder obtained by precipitating an alcoholic tincture of the rhizome of American Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) by means of water acidulated with hydrochloric acid. It varies in color from grayish to bright yellow or greenish-brown, the first-named being the purest.
Podor Podor is the northernmost town in Senegal, lying on Morfil Island between the Sénégal River and Doué River. It is home to a ruined French fort, built in 1854 as a centre for gold trading, and was the birthplace of Baaba Maal.
Podosphere Podosphere is a term used to describe the collective podcasting social network or community. The term podcast, to which it refers, was selected by the New Oxford American Dictionary as the "word of the year" for 2005.
Podrinje (region) Podrinje (Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic: Подриње) is the name of the Drina river basin, located in Serbia (Central Serbia) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (mostly in Republika Srpska, with a small portion in the Bosnian Podrinje Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Pods and Gods Pods and Gods (FAT614) is an a 7" single by NOFX released one month prior to the release of Pump Up the Valuum. According to Fat Mike, the title track was intended to go on Pump Up the Valuum (the b-side was included on the album), but the band decided to use the song "My Vagina" instead.
Podsafe Podsafe is a term created in the podcasting community to refer to any work which, through its licensing, specifically allows the use of the work in podcasting, regardless of restrictions the same work might have in other realms. For example, a song may be legal to use in podcasts, but may need to be purchased or have royalties paid for over-the-air radio use, television use, and possibly even personal use.
Podsafe Audio Podsafe Audio was created by Justin O'Neill, classical violinist involved in bands including The Brothers Femme, Outside, Devin Anderson and Uma Floresta. The site was created for the purpose of bringing together podcasters and unsigned musicians.
Podsafe for peace Podsafe for Peace is the name established by a group of podsafe artists who first came together in 2005 to perform a Christmas charity song that could legally be played on podcasts. (Most existing Christmas songs cannot be included in podcasts due to copyright restrictions.
Podsafe Music Network Podsafe Music Network, or PMN, is currently the primary archive of podsafe music (music available for use in podcasting without significant licensing difficulties) on the internet. It was established by PodShow, a podcast production company founded by Adam Curry and Ron Bloom, in the summer of 2005.
Podsljeme Podsljeme is in the foothills of Zagreb's mountain Medvednica and its name means "under Sljeme" (Sljeme is the peak of the Medvednica mountain). It has the status of ÄŤetvrt (quarter, neighbourhood) and as such has an elected council.
Podsol Podsol (also spelled Podzol, or known as Spodosol) is the typical soil of coniferous, or Boreal forests. The name is Russian for "under ash" (pod=under, zola=ash) and likely refers to the common experience of Russian peasants of plowing up an apparent under-layer of ash (leached or E horizon) during first plowing of a virgin soil of this type.
Podstakannik The podstakannik (Russian: подстаканник), or tea glass holder (literally "thing under the glass"), is a holder most commonly made of metal with a handle. The primary purpose of podstakannik is to be able to hold the very hot glass of tea, which is usually consumed right after it is brewed.
PodShow PodShow is a company founded by Adam Curry and Ron Bloom, with the aim of helping people to podcast and publish their podcasts, and to help listeners to find podcasts that suit their interests. It also plans to use the marketing potential of podcasts by allowing advertisers to find the podcasts their target audiences will listen and allow those podcasts to put commercials on their podcasts and receive money for it.
Podujevo bus bombing The Podujevo bus bombing was an attack on a civilian bus in a Serb-populated area near the town of Podujevo in Kosovo on 16 February 2001 by Kosovar Albanian extremists. 12 Serb civilians who were on route to the GraÄŤanica monastery site were killed and dozens more injured.
Podujevo massacre The Podujevo massacre is the name generally used to refer to the mass killing of 14 Kosovo Albanian civilians, all women and children, committed by Serbian forces in March 1999 during the Kosovo war. One of the survivors of this massacre, Saranda Bogujevci, who was only thirteen years old when it occurred received a lot of media attention after she successfully manage to bring to justice her case with the help of several organizations from Serbia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Podunavlje District The Podunavlje District (Podunavski okrug, Подунавски округ) lies in Serbia, it expands across the central part of Serbia. The population of the district is 226,589, and the Seat of the District is in the city of Smederevo.
Podunavlje, Novi Sad Podunavlje (Подунавље) was one of the seven municipalities of Novi Sad City between 1980 and 1989. The municipality included city quarters of Novo Naselje, Telep, Adice, Sajlovo and Kameničko Ostrvo, suburban settlement of Veternik, town of Futog, and village of Begeč.
Podunk (band) Podunk are a hard rock band that formed in Port Arthur, Texas in 1992, soon thereafter establishing themselves on the scene in Austin, Texas. Similar to AC/DC and The Black Crowes in style, Podunk performed at South by Southwest in the mid-1990s and subsequently.
PodWiki PodWiki is a wiki engine written in Perl, which primary markup language is Perl POD, but it also supports WikiShorthand, Twiki, TikiWiki and others. PodWiki supports the usual features such as graphics, authentication and authorization, version control of pages and so forth.
Podyachy A Podyachy or podyachiy (; from the Greek hypodiakonos, "assistant servant") was an office (bureaucratic) occupation in prikazes (local and upper governmental offices) and lesser local offices of Russia in 15th-18th centuries.
PodZinger PodZinger is a Cambridge, MA based audio and video search engine that leverages speech recognition technology developed by its parent company, BBN Technologies, to look for content inside audio and video files formats. PodZinger creates a text index from the audio and video feed and uses that index to find relevant terms within published audio and video files.
Poecilanthrax willistoni Poecilanthrax willistoni, Williston's bee fly or sand dune bee fly, is a member of the Bombyliidae insect family. This family includes the bee flies, true flies that have developed Batesian mimicry characteristics to avoid predators.
Poeciliidae Poeciliidae is a family of fresh-water fish which are live-bearing aquarium fish (they give birth to live young). They belong to the order Cyprinodontiformes and include well-known aquarium fish like the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail.
Poel Poel is an island in the Baltic Sea, located in the Bay of Wismar on the German coast. Administratively it is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, consisting of Kirchdorf, the main town, and the smaller Timmendorf, Fährdorf, Kaltenhof, Vorwerk and Gollwitz.
Poem and song The differences between poem and song may become less meaningful where verse is set to music, to the point that any distinction becomes untenable. This is perhaps recognised in the way popular songs have lyrics: see list of songs by name.
Poem for Rent Poem for Rent is a nonprofit project for arts distribution. This is done mainly by posting poems on bulletin boards, in the same format like standard "house for rent" posts, with several detachable tear-offs in the bottom.
Poem Field Poem Field is the name of a series of 8 computer-generated animations by Stan VanDerBeek and Ken Knowlton in 1964-1967. The animations were programmed in a language called Beflix (short for "Bell Flicks"), which was developed by Knowlton.
Poem on the Evil Times of Edward II Poem on the Evil Times of Edward II, also known as The Simonie and Symonie and Couetise, is a poem by an anonymous English author, believed to date to 1321 (Thomas Wright, 1839) or possibly 1327 (J. Aberth, 2000).
Poems (Hesse) Poems is a collection of 31 poems written by the German author Hermann Hesse between 1899 and 1921. They were selected and translated to English by James Wright in 1970 from Die Gedichte, which was published in German in 1953.
Poems (poetry by Golding) Poems was the first work by British novelist William Golding (better known for Lord of the Flies, among other novels). Released in 1934, a full 20 years before Flies (his second major work and first novel), he later derided it, but critics in retrospect called it "not bad.
Poems 1912-13 In his Poems of 1912-1913, Thomas Hardy presents the reader with intensely personal poetic verse. Hardy addresses what the loss of a loved one means to the self; the curse that forces one to abide faithfully to the memories of the dead in light of the ambiguity with which such erections are revisited.
Poems on Several Occasions Poems on Several Occasions was published by the intellectual feminist Lady Mary Chudleigh in 1703. The primary subject of the collection is the joys of friendship between women, when that friendship is based on shared morals and shared intellectual pursuits, although there are also poems on various other topics.
Poena In Roman mythology, Poena (also Poine) is the goddess of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis. The Latin word poena, "pain, punishment, penalty", gave rise to English words such as subpoena.
Poenius Postumus Poenius Postumus was praefectus castrorum of the Roman Legion II Augusta, stationed in Britain during the rebellion of Boudica in 61 CE. In the general area of Exeter with his troops, he ignored the call to join the governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, in putting down the rebellion.
Poenulus Poenulus (or " The Little Carthaginian", or "The Puny Punic"), a Latin-language play, is one of Plautus' comedies. It includes some text in Punic, spoken by the character Hanno in act five(5).
Poepell's Corner Poepell's Corner at latitude 26° S and longitude 138° E is a corner of state boundaries in Australia, where the state of Queensland meets South Australia and the Northern Territory. As with the other three corners it is sometimes a destination for four wheel drive tourists.
Poesía de la soledad y el deseo Book of poetry by Alejandro Carrión. This collection was published in the Annals of the Central University of Quito as a "separata" with an illustrated cover by Eduardo Kingman, and edited by Alfredo Chávez.
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. Originally the title was "Consultant in Poetry", but that was changed in 1986 to be "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry".
Poetic closure Poetic closure is a term referring to the sense of conclusion that the ending of poems gives. Barbara Herrnstein Smith's detailed study—Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End—explores various techniques for achieving a sense of 'closure'.
Poetic contractions "Poetic Contractions are where a word has an apostrophe to show a missing letter." Poetic Contractions, obviously are used mostly in poems, but can be used in e-mails, books, or other non-formal writings.
Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End — ISBN 0-226-76343-9 — is a book by Barbara Herrnstein Smith, which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1968. The division between form and content in the way the book is structured has been criticized.
Poetic diction Poetic diction is the term used to refer to the linguistic style, the vocabulary, and the metaphors used in the writing of poetry. In the Western tradition, all these elements were thought of as properly different in poetry and prose up to the time of the Romantic revolution, when William Wordsworth challenged the distinction in his Romantic manifesto, the Preface to the third (1802) edition of Lyrical Ballads (1798).
Poetic Edda The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
Poetic Flow Poetic Flow is a group based in Bournemouth who are scheduled to meet on a monthly basis. The group take part in a series of exercises with the goal of helping to expand their creative abilities and gain confidence in their work.
Poetic justice Poetic justice is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct. The stricture of poetry, prose, and drama to have justice originates in Aristotle's Poetics.
Poetic Justice (album) Poetic Justice is a compact disc released in 1996. It contains two radio plays: Harris and the Mare, based on Stan's song of the same name, adapted by John Gavin Douglas for the CBC Radio series Nightfall, and The Sisters by Silver Donald Cameron, a play written for CBC Playhouse, for which Stan wrote and performed the music.
Poetic tradition Poetic tradition is a concept similar to that of the poetic or literary canon (a body of works of significant literary merit, instrumental in shaping Western culture and modes of thought). The concept of poetic tradition has been commonly used as a part of historical literary criticism, in which a poet or author is evaluated in the context of his historical period, his immediate literary influences or predecessors, and his literary contemporaries.
Poetic transrealism Transrealism in poetry or uchronism, according to this poetic movement´s father, the Chilean poet Sergio Badilla Castillo, is created upon a transposition of time, which means that temporary scenes merge, in the textual corpus, and in this way linear coherence between the past, the present and the future is interrupted and reality turnes into a kind of derivation or timeless link to a beyond-time, where poetic pictures and actions are represented or performed. This is how the temporal idea acquires a parachronic character or parachrony.
Poeticon astronomicon Poeticon astronomicon is a star atlas whose text is attributed to "Hyginus", though the true authorship is disputed. During the Renaissance, the work was attributed to the Roman historian Gaius Julius Hyginus who lived during the first century B.
Poetics Poetics refers generally to the theory of literary discourse and specifically to the theory of poetry, although some speakers use the term so broadly as to denote the concept of "theory" itself.Brogan, T.
Poetics (Aristotle) Aristotle's Poetics aims to give an account of poetry. Aristotle does this by attempting to explain poetry through first principles (1447a13), and by classifying poetry into its different genres and component parts.
Poetry Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, "making" or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may be used in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics.
Poetry Northwest Poetry Northwest was founded as a quarterly, poetry-only journal in 1959 by Errol Pritchard, with Carolyn Kizer, Richard Hugo, and Nelson Bentley as co-editors. The first issue was 28 pages and included the work of Philip Larkin, James Wright, and William Stafford.
Poetry of Catullus The poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus was written towards the end of the Roman Republic. It describes the Epicurian lifestyle of the poet and his friends, as well as, most famously, his love for the woman he calls Lesbia.
Poetry of the United States The poetry of the United States began as a literary art during the colonial era. Unsurprisingly, most of the early poetry written in the colonies and fledgling republic used contemporary British models of poetic form, diction, and theme.
Poetry Out Loud The Poetry Out Loud: Recitation Contest was created in 2006 by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation. The contest was created to increase awareness in the art of performing poetry, with substantial cash prizes being awarded to schools that participated as well as representatives from each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

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