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Horace From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the Roman poet. For other uses, see Horace (disa…
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Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Lethe Language Watch Edit For other uses, see Lethe (disambiguat…
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Immigrant Poet selling blessings illegally at the great horse shrine. The irony in this is that his blessings always come true. Barren women become …
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Alexander Pope May 21, 1688: English poet and translator Alexander Pope was born in London, 325 years ago t…
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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson June 8, 1862: Enigmatic poet Emi…
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And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on. George Gordon Byron April 19, 1824: British poet Lord Byron lived a brief, brilliant, and debauc…
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The world's perverse, but it could be worse. Mona Van Duyn May 9, 1921: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mona Van Duyn was born in Waterloo, Iowa, 92 year…
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To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,Hold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour. William Blake The Engli…
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Not knowing when the dawn will comeI open every door. Emily Dickinson The American poet was born on this day in 1830.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. Francesco Petrarca April 6, 1327: Known in English as Petrarch, Renaissance scholar and poet …
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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter John Keats May 5, 1816: He burned bright and died young. The English poet John Keats had his…
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My turn shall also come:I sense the spreading of a wing. Osip Mandelstam The Russian poet was born on this day in 1891.
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I am proud only of those days that pass inundivided tenderness. Robert Bly The American poet was born on this day in 1926.
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Literature is news that stays news. Ezra Pound April 18, 1958: Poet Ezra Pound was released from St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Criminally Insane, …
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There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors. Adrienne Rich May 16, 1929: Poet, activist, and MacArthur "…
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The windows of my soul I throwWide open to the sun. John Greenleaf Whittier The American poet was born on this day in 1807.
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Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas February 20, 1950: Welsh poet Dylan Thomas arrived in N…
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You will always be the bread and the knife, not to mention the crystal goblet and—somehow—the wine. Billy Collins March 22, 1941: The ever-popular Bi…
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Cherish your wilderness. Maxine Kumin June 6, 1925: Happy birthday, Maxine Kumin! The poet, novelist, and essayist is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a f…
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In the world I amAlways a strangerI do not understand its languageIt does not understand my silence Bei Dao August 2, 1949: Chinese protest poet Bei …
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There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks. Countee Cullen Harlem Renaissance poet Co…
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No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over. Eugene Field September 2, 1850: American poet and humorist Eugene Field wro…
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I want to understand you,I study your obscure language. Alexander Pushkin Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (born June 6, 1799) was part of the country'…
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Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Rumi Happy 77th birthday, Coleman Barks! Most English-speaking fans of 13th century my…
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Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age. Babette Deutsch September 22, 1895: Poet Babette Deutsch was also a respected translator. Her int…
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It's a dangerous mission. You could die out there. You could go on forever. Tess Gallagher June 21, 1943: Happy birthday, Tess Gallagher! The poet wa…
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It isn't ever delicate to live. Kay Ryan September 27, 1945: Happy 68th birthday, Kay Ryan! After years as a literary outsider, Ryan was named the U.…
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I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky. Sharon Olds November 19, 1942: Happy 71st birthday, Sharon Olds! The poet wa…
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What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions. Carolyn Kizer Carolyn Ki…
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Tonight I can write the saddest linesI loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. Pablo Neruda The well-known name of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (born…
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I have spread my dreams under your feet.Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. W.B. Yeats Poet W.B. Yeats held a lifelong torch for famed revol…
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It's a strange courageyou give me ancient star:Shine alone in the sunrisetoward which you lend no part! William Carlos Williams September 17, 1883: M…
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Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings John Gillespie Magee Jr. June 9, 1922: An aviator and a p…
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The art of losing isn't hard to master;so many things seemed filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is no disaster Elizabeth Bishop Former …
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When you set sail for Ithaca,wish for the road to be long,full of adventures, full of knowledge. C.P. Cavafy Though he spent most of his life in Egyp…
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may you kissthe wind then turn from itcertain that it willlove your back Lucille Clifton June 27, 1936: Celebrated poet and children's book writer Lu…
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As soon as I take down her book and open it...My skies rise higher and hang younger stars. Eavan Boland Happy 70th brithday, Eavan Boland! The award-…
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Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. Wallace Stevens Poet Wallace Stevens (born October 2, 1879) was working as the vice president of…
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The earth was overwhelmed with beauty and indifferent to it, and I went with a heart ready to crack for its unbearable loveliness. Josephine Winslow …
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The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands. Carolyn Forché Happy 64th birthday, Carolyn Forché! The well-traveled poet spe…
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Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone. Czesław Miłosz Prolific poet, essayist, and histor…
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Truth crushed to earth shall rise again. William Cullen Bryant Influential poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant (born November 3, 1794) ha…
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I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. Rainer Maria Rilke December 4, 1875: Poet Rainer Maria Rilke may be best known fo…
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Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules. Marvin Bell Happy 77th birthday, Marvin Bell! The celebrated poet taught fo…
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We humans are more complicated than animals, and we love through the imagination. George Moore Admired by William Butler Yeats and Virginia Woolf, wr…
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A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet. Phyllis McGinley Pulitzer Prize…
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When I am an old woman I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. Jenny Joseph Happy 82nd birthday, Jenny Joseph! The…
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A word after a word after a word is power. Margaret Atwood November 18, 1939: Happy 74th birthday, Margaret Atwood! The Canadian novelist, poet, and …
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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. Arthur Rimbaud October 20, 1854: Poet Arthur Rimbaud was an influential part of the decadence movement, …
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A roll of the dice will never abolish chance. Stéphane Mallarmé French poet Stéphane Mallarmé (born March 18, 1842) was a leading literary figure of …