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The poem endows it with the dignity and power of art. Art is self-expression: It comes from you. But what you create is not you. It might represent what you wish to be or fear you will become.
Paul Luke, 37, from the South Yorkshire town, wrote and funded the Doncaster's Dignity poem. Mr Luke said: "Seeing something on the wall that represents my own heritage and upbringing is priceless." ...
W hen I began civic-engagement efforts in 1987 through the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute, I brought the emphasis on the dignity and value of work which I had learned in the movement.
A wise, humane book from NPR’s Scott Simon tells a mystery from the point of view of a 19-year-old resident of a group home for people with intellectual disabilities.
We asked Morning Edition listeners to share what their pets might be thinking about. Then NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander combed through more than 700 submissions to create a community poem.
Vincent Lloyd's 'Black Dignity' is is a profound challenge to anyone who takes seriously the struggle for human dignity, antiracism and the work of dismantling white supremacy.
“What a joy this was,” Kate Wakeling said of judging the Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025. The annual prize, run by The Moth, which celebrates its 15th birthday this month, has been judged in the past by ...
The poem “was an attention-getter,” Erdogan told The New York Times in 2003. “It would make the people spirited.” It also landed him in prison for four months on the charge of inciting ...
Paul Luke, 37, from the South Yorkshire town, wrote and funded the Doncaster's Dignity poem. Mr Luke said: "Seeing something on the wall that represents my own heritage and upbringing is priceless." ...
A poet has spent "several hundred pounds" to put his work on a wall at Doncaster railway station to "restore some pride" to the town. Paul Luke, 37, from the South Yorkshire town, wrote and funded ...