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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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Bag end on Bagshot row from the movies Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in Hobbiton, New Zealand, Australia

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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

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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

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Born	April 5, 1929 • Brugge • Belgium
Died	March 19, 2008 (aged 78) • Antwerp • Belgium
Notable Works	“The Sorrow of Belgium”

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Assia Djebar

Algerian writer and filmmaker

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Henry Bauchau

Belgian author

Willem Elsschot

Belgian writer

Albrecht Rodenbach

Flemish writer

Bertolt Brecht

German dramatist

Stephen Fry

British actor, writer, and director

Ben Elton

British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist

Sherman Alexie

American author

Garson Kanin

American writer and director

Gordon Parks

American author, photographer, and film director

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality

Paul Auster

American author

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Peter Ustinov

British actor, author, and director

Noël Coward

English playwright, actor, and composer

Marcel Paul Pagnol

French author and director

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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

Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.

Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?

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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