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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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Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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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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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

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Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet

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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

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Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.

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Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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Also Known As	Carol Warner
Born	June 2, 1935 • Oak Park • Illinois
Died	July 16, 2003 (aged 68) • Victoria • Canada
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“A Fairly Conventional Woman” • “Happenstance” • “Small Ceremonies” • “Swann: A Mystery” • “The Box Garden” • “The Republic Of Love” • “The Stone Diaries” • “Unless”

James Agee

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John Updike

John Updike

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William Faulkner

William Faulkner

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

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Willa Cather

Willa Cather

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John Cheever

John Cheever

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Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler

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Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan

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Edward P. Jones

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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

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Rita Dove

Rita Dove

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Kingston, Maxine Hong

Maxine Hong Kingston

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Conrad Aiken.

Conrad Aiken

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William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

American poet

Stephen Vincent Benét.

Stephen Vincent Benét

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Reynolds Price

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

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Jhumpa Lahiri, 2013

Jhumpa Lahiri

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N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

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Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides

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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

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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

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry