#Poet

This is Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Wilde (1895-1941), Oscar Wilde’s niece. She was the only Wilde to keep that name after Oscar’s scandalous trial for indecency. Dolly was a socialite, who was
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Today marks the 35th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a celebration powered by the Women's Sports Foundation. #NGWSD x @WomensSportsFdn A thread In November 2020, Kim
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Well, friends, it’s that time again: my best books of 2020! I read quite a lot this year, and I’ll be honest, it was almost entirely for escapism and to
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Twitter The story of Sant Chokhāmela Chokhamela was a saint from Maharashtra,14th century.He belonged to the Mahar caste, one of the untouchable caste in India.He was one of the first
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Against my own better judgment, I’m thinking about “cancel culture,” because apparently impeachment is no longer allowed—it’s just constitutional canceling...But also because 2 recent pieces in the Telegraph have used
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OTD 1915 KIA at #gallipoli Capt Jimmy 'Mud' Dingle of @dunelmia @OURFCblues @rosslynpark @HartlepoolRFC and @englandrugby Born Nov 5th 1891 in Hetton-le-Hole, Co Durham. Son of Reverend Arthur Trehane Dingle,
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#OnThisDay 1898 Melvin B. Tolson, author of Rendevous with America and Libretto for the Republic of Liberia, was born. He was also the famed coach of the Wiley College Forensic
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Today is Jayanthi of Nilkantha Somayaji one of the foremost mathematicians and astronomers of the Kerala school, known for his astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha and a commentary on Aryabhatta. One of
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The tradition of dessiminating folk wisdom through poetry is an age-old practice in India. One well known peasant poets of #Hindi speaking world in this tradition is the 16th century
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Do you and your kiddo have a long weekend together this weekend? Try out a listen with one of these great kid's books!https://libro.fm/playlists/kids-next If you really want to get into
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Modersohn-Becker died in childbirth, which led Rilke to write one of his most powerful, devastating and angriest poems, "Requiem for a Friend". In it, he denounces, among others, her husband
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If you want to know what Singaporean nationalism looks like, this is the PAP’s Tan Wu Meng MP attacking critical playwright Alfian Sa'at and trying to associate him with opposition
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10 REASONS WHY BATMAN OWNS ITS ENTIRE EXISTENCE TO NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. A THREAD.*disclaimer: diminishing returns may appear throughout this thread* 1. GOTHAM.It's just a small village outside Clifton, but inspired a
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Bombay High Court to hear at 3 PM the plea seeking bail for 80-year old Telugu poet Varavara Rao who has been under custody since August 2018 in the #BhimaKoregaon
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I’ve seen people express the belief that you need an MA to “make it” in poetry. I appreciate everyone has different goals, but speaking personally I can say that this
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The Maharajadhiraja SamudraguptaThe ruler of Gupta Empire and successor to Chandragupta I, is considered as the greatest military genius in Indian history. Samudragupta was the ‘King of Kings’ because he
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