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economist suntribune rages saturday feb 16 2002 19 poetry in york region at an alltime low 1 from page 18 organizer dorita kozak who has written poetry most of her life and performed it for about five years said poems allow one to connect with others by exposing oneself when asked why she writes the king township resident responded why do i breathe its like breathing you take some thing in and give it out ms kozak said the poetry nights were about to shut down- when she took over last june since then she noted poets who wrote in rhyme or abstractions are now experimenting with free verse and relating personal expe riences but taun brown a newmarket resident who helped start the first organized readings in his town six years ago said poetry in york region is at an all- time low back when he started poets would not be able to recite more than one poem each because there were too many people wanting to read most of the kids who have read here have gone on to col lege or university he explained adding poetry is more of a popu lar pursuit in toronto because of its subcultures downtown they take themselves very seriously whereas in york region its more of a relaxed atmosphere its not as much about the quality of the work imagine magazine publisher cameron aiken agreed downtown they take them selves very seriously whereas in york region its more of a relaxed atmosphere its not as much about the quality of the work mr aiken whose publication covers the regions art and poetry scene said a lot of people dont associ ate culture with york region they think they can only find it downtown mr aiken who has attended readings for more than 11 years said poetry groups are produc ing a diverse mix of work in the region everything goes here from cute and cuddly love poems to the apocalyptic ramblings popu lar with high school students he- said but those groups must build alliances if they hope to improve york regions literary scene he added it seems as though there are isolated groups that keep io- themselves i find its very isolate ed within each communityhe said o the artistic community is notorious for not promoting itself well and beingstuck in its own little world its about reach- ingout book captures wonder of snow days snow day written illustrated by werner zimmermann north winds press 1999 hardcover 1899 winter has been playing games on us this year the impassioned one-day- wonder storms i think there have been three of them that have teased us over the last cou ple of months make the very notion of a snow day laugh able yet who knows in snow day author werner zimmermann has perfectly cap tured the highly mixed feelings about the season through the eyes of a child the story is about the pure magic of an unexpected day off school the gift of all the possibilities that can be realized in this 12hour stretch snow angels and snow forts hockey and hot chocolate the children in this book are as wild and free as the falling snowflakes and for the child who reads oris read to this book will immediately recognize the excitement only adults will see the other adults in the book dig ging out their cars shoveling their walks and getting blocked by the snowplows leftovers just as the job is done your child will see none of this and instead focus on the pure fun and won der of a winter storm this is probably a good thing that will rub off on those of us who may have forgotten the wonder part especially because as i look out my window writing this its snowing ages48 by stephanie mclellan the first 8000 visitors at the toronto star golf travel show 0 friday march 1 2002 will receive one free round ofgolfirom barries participating courses bear greek golf club bonaire golf club lnrifebrook golf course national pines baygolfclubsimorogotfynks course sponsored by mmaitotigolf ptzzofjizzq jk1l for irrfonration 9058150017 ext 305 media sponsors economist carrier of the week steven shao michael shao hi i mcdonalds we are currently looking for carriers 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