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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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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

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

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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Born	February 10, 1685 • London • England
Died	February 8, 1750 (aged 64) • London • England
Notable Works	“Mérope” • “The Tragedy of Zara”

Samuel Johnson

English author

W. H. Auden

British poet

Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Tobias Smollett

Scottish novelist

Uys Krige

South African dramatist

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Graham Greene

British author

Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Southey

English author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Nicholas Rowe

English writer and editor

Anne Ridler

British writer

Dodsley, detail of an oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1760; in Dulwich College Picture Gallery, London

Robert Dodsley

English author and publisher

Nahum Tate

English writer

Richard Flecknoe

English author

Sir J. C. Squire

British journalist and author

Wole Soyinka

Nigerian author

Carol Ann Duffy

British poet

Allan Ramsay

Scottish poet

Ronald Duncan

British author

Joseph Viktor Widmann

Swiss author

Donagh MacDonagh

Irish 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

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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

A Study of Poetry

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