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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
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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).
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Born June 29, 1922
Died January 5, 1991 (aged 68) • Belgrade
Milorad Pavić
Serbian author and literary historian
Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Serbian language scholar
Helen Archibald Clarke
American writer and editor
Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen
American author and scholar
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo
Chinese scholar
Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe
American poet
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Danish bishop and poet
John Marston
British dramatist
Albert Wendt
Samoan writer
Billy Collins
Billy Collins
American poet
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Russian author
Kaifi Azmi
Indian poet
Merezhkovsky
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Russian author
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Japanese poet
Mark Van Doren.
Mark Van Doren
American writer
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and 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