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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

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Born	November 15, 1895 • Warsaw • Poland
Died	July 4, 1976 (aged 80) • Warsaw • Poland
Movement / Style	Skamander

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

Polish writer

Tadeusz Miciński

Polish writer

James Joyce

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Ishmael Reed

American author

Jeannette Leonard Gilder

American editor and writer

Marya Mannes

American author and critic

Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian author

Nick Joaquin

Filipino author

Ed Bullins

American playwright

Jerzy Andrzejewski

Polish author

Juliusz Słowacki

Polish author

Stefan Żeromski

Polish author

Adam Asnyk

Polish author

Jan Kochanowski

Polish poet

Tadeusz Różewicz

Polish poet and playwright

Cyprian Norwid

Polish poet

Leon Kruczkowski

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Stanisław Wyspiański

Polish dramatist and painter

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Polish writer and painter

Zygmunt Krasiński

Polish poet and dramatist

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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