Pierre Reverdy

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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

The Persistence of Memory, 1931, by Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-89), 9 1/2 x 13" (24.1 x 33 cm), The Museum of Modern Art, New York USA, MoMA Number: 162.1934

Salvador Dalí Turns 111

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Art texture. Close-up of yellow abstract painting. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society

10 Modernist Art Movements

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

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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

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

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

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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

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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Born	September 13, 1889 • Narbonne • France
Died	June 17, 1960 (aged 70) • Solesmes • France
Founder	“Nord-Sud”
Notable Works	“Nord-Sud”
Movement / Style	Cubism • Surrealism • The Beehive

Guillaume Apollinaire

French poet

Francis Picabia

French artist

Max Jacob

French poet

Paul Nougé

Belgian author

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

Charles Péguy

French author

Francis Viélé-Griffin

French poet

Pierre Louÿs

French author

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Antonin Artaud

French author and actor

André Breton

French poet

Henri Michaux

French painter and poet

Louis Aragon

French author

Jacques Prévert

French poet

Philippe Soupault

French writer

René Char

French author

Paul Éluard

French author

Robert Desnos

French poet

Léopold Senghor

president of Senegal

Émile Verhaeren

Belgian poet

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"Deux Fantassins Casques (Two Helmeted Infantrymen)" Roger de La Fresnaye, 1917. Pen and black ink with wash, 30.8x19.4 cm

Cubism: Art and 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

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

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

A Study of Poetry

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