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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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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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Born	December 23, 1907 • Santo Antão Island • Cabo Verde
Died	January 25, 2005 (aged 97) • Lisbon • Portugal
Founder	“Claridade”

Baltasar Lopes

Cabo Verdean author

Luís Romano

Cabo Verdean author

Manuel Ferreira

Portuguese author

Eugénio Tavares

Cabo Verdean poet

Fausto Duarte

Cabo Verdean author and government official

Jorge Barbosa

Cabo Verdean poet

Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, visconde (viscount) de Almeida Garrett

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett

Portuguese writer

Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta

Angolan scholar

Francisco Rodrigues Lobo

Portuguese poet

José Régio

Portuguese author and critic

Dinis, detail of a watercolour by Alfredo Roque Gameiro, 19th century

Júlio Dinis

Portuguese author

Manuel dos Santos Lima

Angolan author

Fernando Goncalves Namora

Portuguese writer

Miguel Torga

Portuguese poet and diarist

Mário de Sá-Carneiro

Portuguese author

Manuel da Fonseca

Portuguese author

Bernardo Guimarães

Brazilian author

António Aurélio Gonçalves

Cabo Verdean writer

Alice Cary

American poet

Elizabeth Coatsworth

American 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

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

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