#Poet

Renaissance Man

Hein_The_Slayer

In 1962, Robert Allen Zimmerman, one of the greatest songwriters of all time, changed his name to Dylan....Bob Dylan.In homage to a great poet, who drank himself into a coma

Seaġhán Labhrás Ó Fidhne

OFidhne

The poet John Keats had a concept which he called “Negative Capability” which is the willingness to embrace uncertainty, live with mystery, and make peace with ambiguity. I think the

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msbutler21

THREAD 1/ OK SO it has been brought to my attention that Fredericton city council has decided to cease the tradition of their Poet Laureate reading a poem before council

Soheil - سهیل

Jahansuoz

(Thread) I get so excited when I come across a verse where a famous Persian poet references/praise another famous Persian poet. I’m going to quote some of my favorite instances

Michael Wright

bymichaelwright

Any artists or poets come to mind who had a multilayered engagement with faith? Like:The famous nun-artist Corita Kent left the convent.The Benedictine poet Sylvester Houedard studied Hinduism.Hilma af Klint

ravenousreader

RRavenousreader

What is poetry? A thread... "Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private

Kamran Javadizadeh

kjavadizadeh

Elizabeth Bishop was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the position now called Poet Laureate) in 1950. It was a miserable year for her. (“Just about my worst,

Lily Einhorn

madewithstring

My great aunt Sally died on Tuesday night of Covid, 8 days after testing positive in her care home. She wanted to be a poet. She wasn’t really educated, she

(((S. Preston Duncan)))

sprestonduncan

I was introduced to one of my mom's friends as a poet. She said "Oh I'm so happy that men are writing poetry again." This happened over a year ago

Pranay Kotasthane

pranaykotas

I feel energised by reading the Gandhi-Tagore debates. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya's compilation of their letters to each other between 1915 & 1941 is a wonderful read. https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/the-mahatma-and-the-poet.pdf #thread

The State of Things

state_of_things

2020 marked The Carolina African American Writers' Collective's 25th anniversary. In May, we talked to them about their anthology "All the Songs We Sing" from @BlairPublisherwith CAAWC founder and poet

Ross Showalter

rosshowalter

Paul Hostovsky has a forthcoming poetry book called DEAF & BLIND. I won’t read it. I don’t think there needs to be another book about hearing gawking. A thread— In

Sovia

Sweet_Honeygal

Tomorrow is 13th November. It is a gala day for all of us because on this day in 1913, Poet Rabindranath Tagore was crowned with the most Prestigious @NobelPrize for

Jillian Weise (Cy)

JillianWeise

Can we talk/sign/ProTactile about something? My disclosures: I'm hearing. I'm working on learning sign. I do not know it. But I'm having a very top secret DM right now and

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SaadKhn101

Thread:"some well-known personalities from district mardan". Israr da toru is a poet/teacher. his whole family has an educational background especially in religious matters. His father Maulana Inayatullah was a good

Andy

__codexterous

I’ve been thinking recently about what we mean by **literary form**. How do we define literary form and how might we think about it? A short THREAD on what I’ve

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