"We're very proud to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of Robert Penn Warren's birth by featuring him on a U."
To help expand the Governor's appreciation of poetry, Magnetic Poetry is
sending the Governor several Magnetic Poetry kits, including the Original Kit,
which started it all, the patriotic America kit, and, knowing the Governor's
penchant for music, the Rock + Roll kit.

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Joining Wright was the Honorable A. A selection of stamps
and other philatelic items are also available at the online Postal Store at
http://www.

Celebrated on January 25th and regarded as the National Day of Scotland, it commemorates the birth of the famous poet Robbie Burns (1759-1796).

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com. At the state level, including the proposed position here,
it is a volunteer position.

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The new stamp
is available in Guthrie today and at Post Offices and philatelic centers
across the nation tomorrow. State poet laureates play a role in helping school
kids and adults read, write and understand poetry, and making what is often
perceived as a 'difficult' literary form more accessible.

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Honored guests
included Jeane Moore, Director of Educational, Cultural and Historic Events,
Robert Penn Warren Birthplace Committee; Tommie Lou Frey and Sandra Hughes,
nieces of Robert Penn Warren; the Robert Penn Warren Circle, an international
group with more than 300 members representing more than 50 schools and
colleges; and the Robert Penn Warren Birthplace Committee.

An independent federal agency, the Postal
Service makes deliveries to more than 142 million addresses every day and is
the only service provider to deliver to every address in the nation.Magnetic Poetry Adds Its Voice to Minnesota Legislature's Bi-Partisan Call for
a State Poet Laureate

MINNEAPOLIS, In response to Minnesota Governor Tim
Pawlenty's veto of a bi-partisan, tax-free bill to establish a state poet
laureate, one of Minnesota's own nationally known poetry supporters, Magnetic
Poetry, today added its voice to the cry of "poetry for the people !"
"The Bush Administration, the Minnesota State Legislature and 34 other
states all think it's a good idea to have a poet laureate," said Dave Kapell,
inventor of the Magnetic Poetry Kit .
"Perhaps spending some time with poetry will spark more creativity and
imagination on the Minnesota budget and other issues we're facing at the state
level," said Kapell.magneticpoetry.

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Robert Penn Warren was America's first official poet laureate (1986-87)
and a three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the only writer to have won
the prize in poetry ("Promises: Poems , 1954-1956," in 1958, and "Now and Then:
Poems, 1976-1978," in 1979) as well as fiction ("All the King's Men," 1947).

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Pulitzer Winner Robert Penn Warren Honored on U.S. Postage Stamp

Artist Will Wilson of San Francisco , CA, based his portrait of Warren on a
1948 photograph obtained from the Center for Robert Penn Warren Studies at
Western Kentucky University.usps. It's hard to imagine
what Governor Pawlenty sees as the downside to this bill, especially since it
costs taxpayers nothing.

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S.S. postage stamp. He died on September 15, 1989, in West Wardsboro, VT.

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Postal Service with the issuance of
a commemorative postage stamp. Moreover, today's postage rates will remain stable
until at least 2006.

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WASHINGTON , Poet, novelist and educator Robert
Penn Warren was honored today by the U.S.

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stamps, as well as a free comprehensive catalog, are
available by toll-free phone order at 1-800-STAMP-24.

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Warren received scores of other awards as well, including the Presidential
Medal of Freedom (1980 ).S.

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"The Postal Service has a wonderful legacy -- and a very proud tradition
-- of honoring people who have had a significant influence on American Life,"
said Ann Wright , District Manager, Kentuckiana District, U. "At the national level, the poet laureate
is a paid position .

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The
Postal Service receives no taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but
derives its operating revenues solely from the sale of postage, products and
services. Postal Service delivers more than 46 percent of
the world's mail volume-some 206 billion letters, advertisements, periodicals
and packages a year-and serves seven million customers each day at its 37,000
retail locations nationwide .

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Postal Service,
who dedicated the stamp.
In the meantime, Magnetic Poetry invites Minnesotans to wax poetic at
http://www.

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The background art recalls scenes from "All the
King's Men.

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Since 1775, the U. Postal Service has connected friends, families,
neighbors and businesses by mail. Perhaps most troubling is the message that this veto
sends about support for artistic expression and intellectual values here in
Minnesota.com , where they can share their poems online.

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A first -day-of-issue ceremony was held at the
Robert Penn Warren Museum in Guthrie, KY, Warren's birthplace . Scott Marshall, Mayor, Guthrie, KY;
Elaine Monroe, Breathitt Veterinary Diagnostic Center; and Roseanna Warren and
Gabriel Warren, the daughter and son of Robert Penn Warren.

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The stamp is 21st in the Literary Arts series, which also includes Zora
Neale Hurston (2003), Ayn Rand (1999) and Stephen Vincent Benet (1998).
To see the Robert Penn Warren commemorative postage stamp and other stamp
designs, go to the Postal Service's online store at http://www.
Current U. In addition, beautifully custom-framed prints of
original stamp art are available at http://www. With annual revenues of $69 billion, it is the world's leading
provider of mail and delivery services, offering some of the most affordable
postage rates in the world. The U.

Poetry for the People!

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