Fleur Adcock

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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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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

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

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

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

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

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Also Known As	Kareen Fleur Adcock
Born	February 10, 1934 • New Zealand
Died	October 10, 2024 (aged 90) • London • England
Notable Works	“Dragon Talk” • “High Tide in the Garden” • “Hoard” • “Looking Back” • “The Eye of the Hurricane” • “The Incident Book” • “The Inner Harbour” • “The Land Ballot” • “Tigers” • “Time Zones”

C.K. Stead

New Zealand author

Janet Frame

New Zealand writer

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

British poet

Louis Johnson

New Zealand poet

John Wain

British critic and writer

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

T.S. Eliot, 1955

T.S. Eliot

American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic

Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British poet and critic

Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

British critic

James Fenton

British poet and journalist

Chesterton, G.K.

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Robert Graves

British writer

Allen Curnow

New Zealand author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Sir Herbert Read.

Sir Herbert Read

British art critic

William Empson

British critic and poet

Alfred Domett

prime minister of New Zealand

T.E. Hulme

English critic and poet

Kathleen Raine

British writer

A. Alvarez

British author and critic

Quiz

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