Poetry For Teenagers
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
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Warsaw teenager gives powerful voice to the poetry RICHMOND – One by one, 22 adolescents from Virginia rallied from an old theater in Richmond on Thursday with the power of poetry. When all the good words spoken and all cash dashboards, 18, Tia Robinson of Warsaw was alone on stage to declare a new champion in the poetry recitation contest aloud ….
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Dead Poets Society $6.08 In this emotionally uplifting drama a dedicated teacher gives his students the gift of inspiration. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 05/11/2007 Starring: Robin Williams Run time: 128 minutes Rating: Pg… |
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Dead Poets Society (Special Edition) $8.85 Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn’t fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A sub… |
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Mirage $19.99 Twelve-year-old first-time actor Marko Kovacevic delivers a riveting performance in this wrenching drama about the pain and pitfalls of false hope. Marko who is from an abusive family is also the victim of his bullying schoolmates. He manages to find refuge in a beached train car and in his poetry. One of his teachers encourages his literary endeavors but when the teacher falls prey to the same ch… |
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#147: A Teenager’s Guide to God $0.99 … |
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On Little Wings Jennifer must do the impossible – bring her mother home. When a family is torn apart by death, two sisters take violently divergent paths and the story of their family appears to end terribly and abruptly. Two decades later Jennifer never dreams that the photo she finds stuck between the pages of a neglected book will tear open a gaping wound to her mother’s secret past. Abandoning her comfort… |
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Here $12.49 A new book of poems by Wislawa Szymborska is a rare and exciting event. When Here was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, “How is it that she keeps getting better?” These twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak, are among her greatest ever. Whether writing about her teenage self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to l… |
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Everyday Graces: Child’s Book Of Good Manners (Foundations) $16.50 In Everyday Graces: A Child’s Book of Good Manners, Karen Santorum has produced for parents and teachers a wonderfully rich and instructive anthology. Her volume speaks to the regrettable fact that the subject of manners is not much discussed anymore, and good manners seem practiced even less. Yet, good manners are a prerequisite for the growth of moral character; they are the habits of cond… |
