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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:
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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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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
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Red Army (Soviet) soldiers in the Russian Revolution.
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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)
6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders
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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
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First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Anniversary information added. Sep 23, 2023
Modified link of Web site: The Poetry Archive - Biography of Kay Ryan. Feb 02, 2020
Add new Web site: The Poetry Archive - Biography of Kay Ryan. Mar 31, 2017
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - Biography of Kay Ryan. Mar 31, 2017
Noted the publication of Erratic Facts. Feb 03, 2016
She received the National Humanities Medal in 2013. Jul 10, 2013
Article revised and updated. Sep 20, 2011
In 2011 she won a Pulitzer Prize for The Best of It (2010). Apr 18, 2011
Her term as poet laureate ended in 2010. Oct 26, 2010
New article added. Jul 24, 2009
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