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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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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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Also Known As	David Abraham Antin
Born	February 1, 1932 • New York City • New York
Died	October 11, 2016 (aged 84) • San Diego • California
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Robert Bly

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H.D.

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Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Jonathan Franzen

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John Ciardi

American poet and critic

Eric Bentley

American critic, translator, and stage director

Louis Zukofsky

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Robert Fitzgerald

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Paul Bowles

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Richard Howard

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Robert Pinsky

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James Wright

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Babette Deutsch

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Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet

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Dudley Fitts

American teacher, critic, poet and translator

Carolyn Forché

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May Swenson

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Donald Justice

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Horace Gregory

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Richmond Lattimore

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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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