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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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Lay, Lie, Lied, Lain: When Do We Use Which?

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Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

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

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Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Born	May 15, 1887 • Scotland
Died	January 3, 1959 (aged 71) • Cambridge • England

Martin Opitz

German poet

Gawin Douglas

Scottish bishop and poet

Andrew Lang

British scholar

James Macpherson

Scottish poet

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Alexander Pope

English author

August Wilhelm von Schlegel

German scholar and critic

Robert Bly

American author

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Louise Bogan

American poet and literary critic

Eric Bentley

American critic, translator, and stage director

Frank O’Connor

Irish author

C. Day-Lewis

British poet

Babette Deutsch

American poet, critic, translator, and novelist

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky

Russian poet

Wilhelm Müller

German poet

Hviezdoslav

Slovak poet

Robert Burns

Scottish poet

Hugh MacDiarmid

Scottish poet

William Edmondstoune Aytoun

Scottish 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

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