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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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illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

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Born	June 26, 1914 • England
Died	May 13, 1997 (aged 82) • England
Notable Works	“A Moment of War” • “As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning” • “Cider with Rosie”

Graham Greene

British author

William Plomer

South African writer

Colm Tóibín

Irish author

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author

Albert Wendt

Samoan writer

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

Thomas Hardy

British writer

Lord Alfred Douglas

English poet, editor, and publisher

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

Salman Rushdie

British-American writer

Enid Blyton

British author

Wyndham Lewis

British artist and writer

Hilary Mantel

British writer

Julian Barnes

British author and critic

Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Martin Amis

British author

Andrew Motion

British poet and 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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