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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).

World Poetry Day

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides

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Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

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Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army

8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

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Also Known As	Douglas Eaglesham Dunn
Born	October 23, 1942 (age 82) • Scotland
Awards And Honors	Costa Book Awards (1985)
Notable Works	“Barbarians” • “Boyfriends and Girlfriends” • “Elegies” • “Europa’s Lover” • “Secret Villages” • “St. Kilda’s Parliament” • “Terry Street” • “The Noise of a Fly”

John Wain

British critic and writer

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

British author

Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

British author

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor, author, and director

Novelist Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark

British writer

Plomer

William Plomer

South African writer

Elizabeth Jane Howard

British author

Christopher Logue

British poet

George MacDonald Fraser

British writer

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

British poet

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

Japanese-British author

Penelope Lively

British author

Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain

British author

Jeanette Winterson

British author

Rumer Godden

British writer

Sir Charles G.D. Roberts

Canadian poet

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

British writer

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

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

A Study of Poetry

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

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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:

Poetry: First Lines