#Poet

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Jinn and poetry is a relationship that stretches back to pre-Islamic Arabia. Jinn were said to inspire the poet or “sha’ir” to rhyming verse. The relationship was obsessive and mystical.The

Himanish Ganjoo

hganjoo153

1/ Thread on Mirza Asadullah Khan "Ghalib": a blurb on his life and times. Poet, prose writer, Old Dilliwalla. Perhaps the greatest exponent of Urdu poetry ever. It seems like

Christie Meherin

pissepot

A thread for Finnish-Swedish poet Edith Södergran. Feminist, cat lover, rumored bisexual, goddess of the mic drop ending.“you are disappointed.” #womenintranslation During her lifetime, Södergran’s work was mocked and dismissed

Sonari

Sonari

Public radio is not known for its diversity. I know this well, I've often been the only black man in many a newsroom, show or desk in my career. It

兔兒神

chenchenwrites

thinking about how “restraint” is often prescribed in writing. how this concept seems rooted in an anglo masculinist stoicism. related to the fear of “sentimentality” and the principle of “less

Aaron Kent

GodzillaKent

I was finishing the Broken Sleep contracts the other day (just a first draft), and I was looking at the exclusivity clause. You know, 'the Author must offer next publication

Sibá

Smahiam

Literature work during the reign of Khordha Gajpatis. @DiscoverKhordha Sanskrit text Durgostava Chandrika(assigned to Gajpati Ramchandradeva-I)was likely composed by Vardhana Mahapatra.Ramachandra is praised in this work The work Srikrishna

भारतीय संस्कृति {Vedic Culture}

VedicCulture__

#Thread on Narsinh Mehta - A poet, a saint & a Great devotee of Krishna.Narsinh Mehta an ardent devotee of Krishna continues to reside in our hearts even today, after

Dan Vera

danvera

Mega thread on the history behind @TheAmandaGorman's glorious reading today at Biden's inaugural, bc of some confusion I've seen online about it. Gorman is the 6th Inaugural Poet in US

Jon Allsop

Jon_Allsop

A media scooplet from me for @CJR: Rep. @tedlieu is working on legislation aimed at reviving the Federal Writers' Project—a 1930s New Deal program that put unemployed journalists and authors

P. Gabrielle Foreman

profgabrielle

David Drake is rarely mentioned alongside early Black poets: Wheatley, Lucy Terry, Horton and Hammond (see below). Often called "Dave the Potter," he's rarely recognized as an enslaved *writer* and

Dan Witte

danwitte

My students are reading a class book. Each chapter is told from a different POV. Today’s chapter is told from a Korean immigrant. The author wrote each chapter to match

indigo

lndigoVenus

THREADevery ‘The Colour of Pomegranates’ reference in ‘911’ by Lady Gaga The Colour of Pomegranates (1969) was written and directed by Sergei Parajanov and is an abstract life story of

Porkchop.express

Porkchop_EXP

All these people you talk to online are real. If you appreciate them, tell them. A guy I knew online only for 18 years, he just died from covid. I’m

Safwan | Cerebral Fuel

CerebralFuel

The historical influence of Homer, the great Greek poet, and what we learn from him (Thread) Homer was a great Greek poet and the accepted author of the Iliad and

Floyd Maxwell

justthinkit

"It’s most commonly believed the line originated from the poem, Piers Plowman, said to have been written around 1360 by English poet William Langland, about a man in search of

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