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When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
Walt Whitman
(May 31st 1819 — March 26th 1892)
In one anonymous self-review, Whitman described 'the poet' as one of "pure American breed, of reckless health, his body perfect, free from taint from top to toe, free forever from headaches and dyspepsia, full-blooded, six feet high, a good feeder, never once using medicine, drinking water only — a swimmer in the river or by the ...
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Walt Whitman
(May 31st 1819 — March 26th 1892)
In one anonymous self-review, Whitman described 'the poet' as one of "pure American breed, of reckless health, his body perfect, free from taint from top to toe, free forever from headaches and dyspepsia, full-blooded, six feet high, a good feeder, never once using medicine, drinking water only — a swimmer in the river or by the ...
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From in Memoriam A.H.H.
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Alfred, Lort Tennyson
(August 6th 1809 — October 6th 1892)
Though this poem takes Arthur Hallam's funeral as its starting point, and Tennyson's sister Cecilia's marriage as its end, In Memoriam A.H.H. is not just a biographical poem. As Tennyson himself wrote to his friend James Knowles: "It is rather a cry of the whole human race than mine...
— 2 hours, 52 min ago
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Alfred, Lort Tennyson
(August 6th 1809 — October 6th 1892)
Though this poem takes Arthur Hallam's funeral as its starting point, and Tennyson's sister Cecilia's marriage as its end, In Memoriam A.H.H. is not just a biographical poem. As Tennyson himself wrote to his friend James Knowles: "It is rather a cry of the whole human race than mine...
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Ode on Solitude
Alexander Pope
(May 21st 1688 — May 30th 1744)
... He never grew beyond 1.37m and was subject to violent headaches, which perhaps explains his reputation for irritability and hypersensitivity.
— Jun 01, 2026 07:03AM
Alexander Pope
(May 21st 1688 — May 30th 1744)
... He never grew beyond 1.37m and was subject to violent headaches, which perhaps explains his reputation for irritability and hypersensitivity.
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The Donkey
G. K. Cheterton
(May 29th 1874 — Jaune 14th 1936)
...Rudyard Kipling, having been sent the book by a friend, responded with the words: "I agree with you that there is any amount of promise in the work — and I think marriage will teach him a good deal too. It will be curious to see how he'll develop in a few years."
— May 31, 2026 07:51AM
G. K. Cheterton
(May 29th 1874 — Jaune 14th 1936)
...Rudyard Kipling, having been sent the book by a friend, responded with the words: "I agree with you that there is any amount of promise in the work — and I think marriage will teach him a good deal too. It will be curious to see how he'll develop in a few years."
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The Glass
Edwin Morgan
(April 27th 1920 — )
... He is also a skilled translator from an impressively wide range of languages. Morgan has translated a number of plays into Scots, including his prize-winning version of Racine's Phèdre, and has written his own drama, a trilogy about the life of Christ.
— May 30, 2026 03:51PM
Edwin Morgan
(April 27th 1920 — )
... He is also a skilled translator from an impressively wide range of languages. Morgan has translated a number of plays into Scots, including his prize-winning version of Racine's Phèdre, and has written his own drama, a trilogy about the life of Christ.
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Ode on Melancholy
...
Shew dwells with Beauty — Beauty that must die;
And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips
biding adieu; and aching Pleaure night,
Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips:
Ay, in the very temple of Delight
Veiled Melancholy has her sovran shrine,
Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
...
John Keats
(October 31st 1795 — February 23rd 1821)
— May 30, 2026 06:11AM
...
Shew dwells with Beauty — Beauty that must die;
And Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips
biding adieu; and aching Pleaure night,
Turning to poison while the bee-mouth sips:
Ay, in the very temple of Delight
Veiled Melancholy has her sovran shrine,
Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
...
John Keats
(October 31st 1795 — February 23rd 1821)
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Kid
Simon Armitage
(May 26th 1963 — )
Simon Armitage was born in 1963 in West Yorkshire. He has won numerous prizes for his nine collections of poetry, and is the author of the novel Little Green Man and the best-selling prose memoir All Points North. He is also a playwright, anthologist and song-lyricist, and has written extensively for television, radio, film and radio.
— May 29, 2026 07:46AM
Simon Armitage
(May 26th 1963 — )
Simon Armitage was born in 1963 in West Yorkshire. He has won numerous prizes for his nine collections of poetry, and is the author of the novel Little Green Man and the best-selling prose memoir All Points North. He is also a playwright, anthologist and song-lyricist, and has written extensively for television, radio, film and radio.
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From What the Doctor Said
Raymond Carver
(May 25th 1938 — August 2nd 1988)
Carver finally gave up drinking in 1977: "I've had two lives. My second began on June 2nd 1977 when I quit drinking," he said. Carver did not write for almost a year, but felt too grateful for his new life to care much. He met the poet Tess Gallagher and thus began an intensely productive and happy relationship.
— May 28, 2026 06:42AM
Raymond Carver
(May 25th 1938 — August 2nd 1988)
Carver finally gave up drinking in 1977: "I've had two lives. My second began on June 2nd 1977 when I quit drinking," he said. Carver did not write for almost a year, but felt too grateful for his new life to care much. He met the poet Tess Gallagher and thus began an intensely productive and happy relationship.
Judi
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The Present
Michael Donaghy
(May 24h 1954 — )
Donaghy was born in the Bronx, New York and moved to Britain in 1985. His most recent collection, Conjure, won the Forward Prize; previous collections have won the Whitbread Prize for Poetry and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He teaches at City University and Birkbeck College, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society for the Arts.
— May 27, 2026 04:48PM
Michael Donaghy
(May 24h 1954 — )
Donaghy was born in the Bronx, New York and moved to Britain in 1985. His most recent collection, Conjure, won the Forward Prize; previous collections have won the Whitbread Prize for Poetry and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He teaches at City University and Birkbeck College, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society for the Arts.
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Poliotics
In our time the destiny of man presents
its meaning in political terms —
Thomas Mann
W.B. Yeats
(June 13th 1865 — January 28th 1939)
...Pablo Neruda, who organized a writers' conference in Madrid when the city was besieged by the Falangists in 1937, recollected in his memoirs that Yeats, by then too old to travel to the bomb-blasted city, nonetheless "rallied to the defence of the Spanish Republic".
— May 25, 2026 06:38AM
In our time the destiny of man presents
its meaning in political terms —
Thomas Mann
W.B. Yeats
(June 13th 1865 — January 28th 1939)
...Pablo Neruda, who organized a writers' conference in Madrid when the city was besieged by the Falangists in 1937, recollected in his memoirs that Yeats, by then too old to travel to the bomb-blasted city, nonetheless "rallied to the defence of the Spanish Republic".
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I, Too
Langston Hughes
(February 1st 1902 — May 22nd 1967)
...Upon leaving for Africa, Hughes discarded all his books except for Leaves of Grass: "I had no intention of throwing that one away", he said.
Hughes' death was caused by prolonged heart and kidney trouble. He never married, nor had any children.
— May 24, 2026 06:40AM
Langston Hughes
(February 1st 1902 — May 22nd 1967)
...Upon leaving for Africa, Hughes discarded all his books except for Leaves of Grass: "I had no intention of throwing that one away", he said.
Hughes' death was caused by prolonged heart and kidney trouble. He never married, nor had any children.
