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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”

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Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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9 American Countercultural Books

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Odissi Indian classical female dancer on white background. (Indian dancer; classical dancer; Indian dance)

6 Classical Dances of India

bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.

Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

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6 Unusual Olympic Sports

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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Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

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

Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint

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Also Known As	Aage Tom Kristensen
Born	August 4, 1893 • London • England
Died	June 2, 1974 (aged 80) • near Svendborg • Denmark
Notable Works	“Abenhjertige fortielser: Erindringsglimt” • “Fribytterdrømme” • “Havoc” • “Paafuglefjeren”

Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author

C. Day-Lewis, 1968.

C. Day-Lewis

British poet

Babette Deutsch

American poet, critic, translator, and novelist

Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author

Hans Adolf Brorson, engraving by M. Bernigeroth.

Hans Adolf Brorson

Danish clergyman and author

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

American author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Louise Bogan, 1967

Louise Bogan

American poet and literary critic

H.D.

H.D.

American poet

Chesterton, G.K.

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Robert Graves

British writer

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican author

Jacob Glatstein

American author and literary critic

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Artur Lundkvist

Swedish writer and critic

Louis Zukofsky

American 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