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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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Also Known As	Douglas Alexander Stewart
Born	May 6, 1913 • New Zealand
Died	February 14, 1985 (aged 71) • Sydney • Australia
Notable Works	“The Fire on the Snow” • “The Golden Lover”

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Constance Lindsay Skinner

American writer and historian

Samuel Johnson

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D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Wole Soyinka

Nigerian author

Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

Carol Ann Duffy

British poet

Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Johan Borgen

Norwegian author

Nick Joaquin

Filipino author

Uys Krige

South African dramatist

Vance Palmer

Australian author

Pedro António Correia Garção

Portuguese poet

Catulle Mendès

French author

José Régio

Portuguese author and critic

Daniël Heinsius

Dutch poet

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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

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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:

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