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Lawton High School freshman takes second place in Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship Lawton High School freshman takes second place in Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship By Tiffany Bechtel | March 5, 2021 at 10:43 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 10:43 PM LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - A Lawton High School freshman got statewide recognition in a poetry performance competition. Adylynn Anderson took second place in the 2021 Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship. She performed the poems “Diameter” by Michelle Y. Burke, “We Are Not Responsible” by Harryette Mullen, and “...

Hear Whittier’s Last Poem read aloud There is something poignant about “last” things. The word last often possesses the sad, sometimes heroic, connotation of finality, including death. Think of a loved one’s last words, or the last time you saw a good friend, or a soldier’s last stand. Whittier’s last poem holds this poignancy. It […]

Friday, February 12th: Illustrator Lisa Greenleaf Putting pictures to her ancestor's words. Share Updated: 8:00 PM EST Feb 12, 2021 Friday, February 12th: Illustrator Lisa Greenleaf Putting pictures to her ancestor's words. Share Updated: 8:00 PM EST Feb 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AWARD-WINNING ARTIST WHO SHARES HER PASSION, VISION, AND CREATIVITY. ♪ KAREN: WHENEVER ARTIST LISA GREENLEAF SITS DOWN TO SKETCH IN HER NASHUA STUDIO, SHE IS NEVER MORE THAN A GLANCE AWAY FROM THE TREE. LISA: I LOOK AT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I’M THINKING, "THAT TREE I...

Friends, the year was 2007 when I was living in the UK; I had the privilege of studying NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) – the effect of language on our mind and how we think. I was introduced to the fascinating world of storytelling, metaphors, voice modulation, etc. What I still remember from this training that I took 13 years ago is this: Words, poetry, music, drama can significantly alter a person’s state of mind. And this poem, that I’m about to share with you, attributed to Edgar Albert Guest & John Greenleaf Whittier; has always given me the strength to persevere for my long-t...

Cal Thomas WASHINGTON — “For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.” — John Greenleaf Whittier There are many things beyond human control, among them, when and where you were born and who your parents are. As President Trump leaves office, he will have time, but perhaps not much time given that his enemies seek to destroy his businesses and his chance for running again for any office, to contemplate what went wrong. Before he announced for president, if a pollster had asked voters whether they would vote to grant a second term for a president...