Henrik Hertz

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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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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.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

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Parsons Weems' Fable, oil on canvas by Grant Wood, 1939; in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Catalog entry: The historian Mason Locke Weems, commonly known by his clerical title, Parson Weems, pulls back a curtain to point at 6-year-old George Washington. Bearing an adult head and holding an axe, George gazes blankly up at his father, Augustine, who questions his son while holding a partially cut cherry tree. All of this takes place in front of a 20th-century brick building, which Wood modeled after his own home in Iowa. The scene illustrates the fable of Washington and the cherry tree, which Weems invented in 1806 for the first president's biography. Wood playfully suggests the artifice of the tale here, presenting the story in the manner of a costumed stage play rather than a real event. Amid the action, two Black figures pick cherries in the background, a reference to Washington' slaveholding past and a reminder of of what often gets left out in historical mythmaking.

Did George Washington Really Say, “I Can’t Tell a Lie”?

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Also Known As	Heyman Hertz
Born	August 25, 1797 or August 27, 1798 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died	February 25, 1870 • Copenhagen • Denmark • (Anniversary in 4 days)
Notable Works	“Gjenganger-breve” • “King René’s Daughter” • “Sparekassen” • “Svend Dyrings huus”

Wessel, Johan Herman

Johan Herman Wessel

Danish author

Peter Andreas Heiberg

Danish author

Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg

Scandinavian author

Pietro Aretino

Italian author

Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.

Johannes Ewald

Danish poet

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, oil painting by F.C. Groger, 1815; in the National Historical Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Den.

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger

Danish author

Hauch, Johannes Carsten

Johannes Carsten Hauch

Danish author

Drachmann

Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann

Danish author

Leif Panduro

Danish writer

Klaus Rifbjerg

Danish writer

Gustav Wied

Danish author

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish author and clergyman

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

Poet John Dryden

John Dryden

British author

Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Tobias Smollett

Scottish novelist

Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso

Italian poet

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

British author

Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Southey

English author

John Gay, oil painting by William Aikman; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

John Gay

British author

Quiz

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

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

A Study of Poetry