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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

Guild houses along the Lys River in Ghent, Belgium.

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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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American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. August 28th 1963

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The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

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Born	November 26, 1864 • Netherlands
Died	September 15, 1927 (aged 62) • Brussels • Belgium
Notable Works	“Mei” • “Pan”

Hella S. Haasse

Dutch author

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

Vondel, detail of an engraving after a portrait by Joachim Sandrart, 1635

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Jacob Cats

Dutch author

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch author

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch author

Bilderdijk, detail of an oil painting by C.H. Hodges; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Willem Bilderdijk

Dutch poet

Albert Verwey

Dutch poet

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

Betje Wolff

Dutch author

Pieter Jelles Troelstra

Dutch statesman

Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria Schaepman

Dutch statesman

Gerrit Achterberg

Dutch poet

Heinrich von Veldeke

German-Dutch poet

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Willem Kloos

Dutch author

Martinus Nijhoff

Dutch poet

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero

Dutch author

Henriëtte Goverdina Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk

Dutch poet and socialist

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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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