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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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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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Born	April 28, 1630 • England
Died	February 16, 1687 (aged 56) • London • England
Notable Works	“Poems on Several Occasions” • “Poems” • “Scarronides” • “The Compleat Angler”

D.H. Lawrence

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C.S. Lewis

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Ted Hughes

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George Herbert

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Edith Sitwell

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Thomas Churchyard

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Giles Fletcher the Elder

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William Kirby

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Vladimir Nabokov

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Margaret Atwood

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Robert Bly

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Lawrence Durrell

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Kofi Awoonor

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Joan Aiken

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Nick Joaquin

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Charles Tomlinson

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Sir Charles G.D. Roberts

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George Woodcock

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Guy Butler

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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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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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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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