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Tag Archives: Poets
26 March 1874: Robert Frost
Robert Frost, great American poet, was born on 26 March 1874.
Robert Frost
“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”-Robert Frost
Happy Birthday, Wilfred Owen!
Wilfred Owen, English poet, was born on 18 March 1893.
Wilfred Owen
“All a poet can do today is warn.”-Wilfred Owen
He was killed in action during World War I, shortly before the Armistice.
Meet the Young Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda (born Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) as a young man.
Daily Diversion #197: The World’s 1000 Best Poems
My newest bookish treasures…three volumes of The World’s 1000 Best Poems. They cost .75 each from Out of the Closet.
The World’s 1000 Best Poems (1929).
[Alternative Muses] Coming and Going: Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Georgia O’Keeffe Mashup
“Earth’s crammed with heaven…But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.”-Elizabeth Barrett Browning (born on 6 March 1806)
Blue #2 by Georgia O’Keeffe (died on 6 March 1986), circa 1916.
Daily Diversion #195: Sweetface
Sweetface
“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.”-Emily Dickinson
Edna St. Vincent Millay: 22 February 1892
Edna St. Vincent Millay was born on 22 February 1892.
Edna St. Vincent Millay.
“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.”-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Daily Diversion #194: Auden
Auden by Richard Davenport-Hines.
Hey There, W.H. Auden! It’s Your Birthday!
Acclaimed poet Wystan Hugh Auden was born on 21 February 1907.
W.H. Auden by Carl Van Vechten, 1939.
“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”-W.H. Auden
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