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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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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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

Periods of American Literature

6 Paintings to See in St. Petersburg, Russia

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22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

Holi: Festival of Colors

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

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Born	April 4, 1892 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died	June 24, 1923 (aged 31) • Finland

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Finnish-Swedish poet

Bertel Johan Sebastian, Baron Gripenberg

Finnish poet

Rabbe Enckell

Finnish poet

Franzén, oil painting by J.G. Sandberg, 1828; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden

Frans Mikael Franzén

Finnish-Swedish poet

Eeva Liisa Manner

Finnish author

Paavo Haavikko

Finnish author

Veijo Meri

Finnish author

Eino Leino

Finnish author

Aleksis Kivi

Finnish author

Joel Lehtonen

Finnish author

Tove Jansson

Finnish author and artist

Tuomas Anhava

Finnish poet and translator

Zacharias Topelius

Finnish author

Louise Bennett-Coverley

Jamaican folklorist, poet, and radio and television personality

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician and writer

John Banim

Irish author

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

Antal

Indian poet

Augusto de Campos

Brazilian poet and critic

William Shakespeare

English author

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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:

Poetry: First Lines

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

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

A Study of Poetry

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