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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

People in Taksim Square for LGBT pride parade on June 30, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. Almost 100.000 people attracted to pride parade and the biggest pride ever held in Turkey.

LGBTQ Pride Month Is Here

Various LGBTQ pride flags. Rainbow flag. Transgender flag (pale pink, blue and white). Bisexual flag (dark pink, purple, blue)

A Guide to LGBTQ+ Pride Flags

Johanna Sigurdardottir Iceland's first female prime minister, the first openly gay prime minister in the world. A Veteran M (longest serving MP) elected in 1978 for the Social Democratic party. Official photo 2009

7 People Who Shaped LGBTQIA+ World History

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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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

The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls

Pro and Con: School Uniforms

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.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Flags That Look Alike

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Born	January 12, 1906 • Perugia • Italy
Died	January 21, 1977 (aged 71) • Rome • Italy
Movement / Style	Hermeticism

Poliziano

Italian poet and humanist

Eugenio Montale

Italian author

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Giuseppe Ungaretti

Italian poet

Mario Luzi

Italian poet and literary critic

Vittorio Sereni

Italian poet, author, editor and translator

Michelangelo

Italian artist

Dante

Italian poet

Petrarch

Italian poet

Giovanni Boccaccio

Italian poet and scholar

Giordano Bruno

Italian philosopher

Luigi Pirandello

Italian author

Leo XIII

pope

Torquato Tasso

Italian poet

Ariosto, woodcut after a drawing by Titian from the third edition of Orlando furioso, 1532.

Ludovico Ariosto

Italian author

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Italian writer and political leader

Pietro Metastasio

Italian poet

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet and philosopher

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian author

Tommaso Campanella

Italian philosopher and poet

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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

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

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