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I first learned about the Greek poet Napoleon Lapathiotis (ฮฮฑฯฮฟฮปฮญฮฟฮฝฯฮฑฯ ฮฮฑฯฮฑฮธฮนฯฯฮทฯ) from the 1985 film "Meteor and Shadow" (ฮฮตฯฮญฯฯฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฃฮบฮนฮฌ), starring the wonderful Greek actor Takis Moshos (ฮคฮฌฮบฮทฯ ฮฯฯฯฮฟฯ). The biopic, which was based on authentic documents and excerpts from Lapathiotis' writings, made me want to find out more about this controversial poet. A …
Alice Cary was a 19th century American poet. Born in 1820, she grew up in rural Ohio, on a family farm run by her father William. Although living far from any schools and lacking formal education, Alice was an avid reader with a thirst for knowledge. She and her sister Phoebe started writing poetry in …
This weekโs poetry post continues our seasonal journey through autumn-themed poems. If youโre an English language learner, donโt miss the vocabulary exercise found at the bottom of the post, along with the links to some additional tools that will help you with this poem. โTo Autumnโ was written by John Keats, one the most important …
In this post I would like to invite you to read and ponder on a poem by one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, Robert Frost. It is titled โOctoberโ, first published in England in 1913, in a largely autobiographical collection of poems called A Boyโs Will. O hushed October morning mild,Thy leaves …
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