Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
nacido en un rinconcito "el rincon de dolores " en Cd. Hidalgo Michoacan Mex. el 01 de febrero del año 1934, la mayor parte de su vida la ha vivido en Cd. Hidalgo Mich. donde actualmente vive con su esposa Bertha Olivarez Perez. Don Salvador es una persona honorable, de buen corazon, dedicado en todo lo que hace con un entusiasmo por la vida.
Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois, on January 6, 1878. His parents, August and Clara Johnson, had emigrated to America from the north of Sweden. After encountering several August Johnsons in his job for the railroad, the Sandburg's father renamed the family. The Sandburgs were very poor; Carl left school at the age of thirteen to work odd jobs, from laying bricks to dishwashing, to help support his family. At seventeen, he traveled west to Kansas as a hobo. He then served eight months in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war. While serving, Sandburg met a student at Lombard College, the small school located in Sandburg's hometown. The young man convinced Sandburg to enroll in Lombard after his return from the war.
Sheldon Allan Shel Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999), was an American poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in some works. Translated into more than 30 languages, his books have sold over 20 million copies.
Juana Fernández Morales, cuyo seudónimo era Juana de Ibarbourou, conocida popularmente como Juana de América, (8 de marzo de 1892, Melo - 15 de julio de 1979, Montevideo), fue una poetisa uruguaya. El 10 de agosto de 1929 recibió, en el Salón de los Pasos Perdidos del Palacio Legislativo, el título de «Juana de América» de la mano de Juan Zorrilla de San Martín y una multitud de poetas y personalidades. Fue enterrada con honores de Ministro de Estado en el panteón de su familia del Cementerio del Buceo.
I am a 27-year-old Christian (the modern term for Follower of the Way). Some bands that I've drawn inspiration from include Demon Hunter, Skillet, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, All That Remains and War of Ages. I write lyrical poems, which I have been writing since I was 12 years old. A lot of my lyrics are based on life views and experiences, as well as struggles regarding my Christian faith. I am not ashamed and I will not shy away from admitting to my faith. I hope that my lyrics might open up solutions to readers that can relate to my lyrics. Thank you and God bless.
Love is the essence of pure thought. There is nowhere that this thought is not. I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, just beyond the outskirts of several gypsum plateaus, miles of desert sand and vast horizons. I would go out into fields of sunflowers with my pen and paper, watching the currents of wind moving through miles and miles of wheat to write about the lucid imagery I would see when I closed my eyes, the experiences of coming out in a conservative community and finding my way as an artist in a place that did not nurture the arts. Words have always been my primary way to sort out my experiences into streams of consciousness that act as a form of self-discovery. Called by the overwhelming pull to follow my dreams, I relocated to the Catskills to follow my passions and put every idea into motion. I am currently working on several video projects, performances in several venues, live music, Sparkle Poetic radio ads, and many new things that you can keep up with on my website below. Welcome to the realm of words. Love is real. www.sparklepoetics.com
Hello. My name is Mike. I'm a 30something turning 102 this year. I'm the father to an amazing little girl who I'm unable to see as much as I would like, because I was unable to save her from a lifetime of pain. On this page you'll hear me drone on about topics such as this, being a victim of partners and parents with personality disorders, OCD, PTSD, suicidal ideation, and the occasional nonsensical poem about a snail or a garden gnome. There are horrible people in the world, and many of them are inescapable, and most of you would not believe the chaotic hell my life has led me through. But I have always tried to be the sort of person who I wish others would be. It's so much harder to be a bad person than a good person. Given the issues in my life, I might suffer hazards that would prevent me from furthering this message, so let me attempt to do so here. Be a good person. Know that nothing you do will ever change the world, and that all the help you give to others will ultimately be pointless. But that shouldn't stop you from trying to be the best person you can be. Live as altruistically and conscientiously towards others as possible. Hold open doors, be humble, apologize, offer help. If you see someone in need, don't wait for someone else to come along, because they might not. If you see a need, fill a need. Treat others with kindness and fairness, empathy and equity. If you hurt someone, find out how you can prevent yourself from doing so again in the future. Let people in when you're driving, spare some change to panhandlers, defend kids and animals when you see they're in trouble. The meaning of life is progress. Without growth, there can only be decay. It's too late for humanity as a species, but if everyone reading this could just try a little harder, maybe life wouldn't have to be so unfair. I want to take the time to thank those who follow me directly, as well as those who view my poems in passing. It does not go undetected or unappreciated, truly. Thank you for your support. I hope you all find whatever you’re looking for.
William Cowper (26 November 1731– 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called him “the best modern poet”, whilst William Wordsworth particularly admired his poem Yardley-Oak. He was a nephew of the poet Judith Madan.
Raised in Summerville, South Carolina, Michelle is an Army veteran and the oldest child of three. Personal interests of study include Feng Shui, Astrophysics, Botany, and Buddhism. Hobbies include music theory, poetry, video games, salt-water fishing, and stargazing. Michelle Lalonde has AAS in Horticulture, is a South Carolina certified Nurserymen #408, with the South Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association (SCNLA); focused interests in Residential Landscape Design, Commercial Landscape Design, Landscape Management, and Golf Course Maintenance with over 15 years hands-on experience. Author of "Landscaper’s Guide to the South;" a non-fiction guide to easy landscaping for the student, homeowner and landscape professional, Michelle began this book as a Horticulture student to make the difficult and time-consuming endeavor of planning a landscape simple and guess proof, then added over 15 years of experience and training as a skilled horticulturist and landscape designer to complete the project. Michelle holds a BA in Creative Writing with a minor in Communications, an AAS in Nursing (Army), and Paralegal Studies.
Oliverio Girondo (Buenos Aires, 1881 - 1967) Poeta argentino que revolucionó la estética de su país, a través de una obra que incorporó las principales corrientes vanguardistas. Figura central de la renovación literaria de los años veinte y treinta, fue uno de los jóvenes miembros de la vanguardia poética argentina, junto a Jorge Luis Borges y Raúl González Tuñón. Si todos ellos asumían una idéntica postura en cuanto a la necesidad de romper con la tradición (que veían encarnada en la obra de Leopoldo Lugones), en el caso de Girondo esa necesidad cobraba una fuerza que lo llevó a distanciarse nítidamente de las convenciones impuestas por el uso y aceptadas por el público.
Worked in Manufacturing for 45 years. I am now a retired Tool&Die Maker. I am married with two grown children. I write poems, short stories, and some children's stories. I have published Poems in Quarterlies across the US in the 1980's, some awards and honorable mentions. My stories and some poems are now published on Booksie.com --- Author names = D. Thurmond --- & --- JE Falcon.
Rafael Pombo, (Bogotá, República de Nueva Granada, 7 de noviembre de 1833 – Bogotá, Colombia, 5 de mayo de 1924), fue un poeta, escritor, fabulista, traductor, intelectual y diplomático colombiano. Sus padres fueron Lino de Pombo O'Donnell y Ana María Rebolledo, ambos pertenecientes a familias de la aristocracia de Popayán. Cuando el General Francisco de Paula Santander designó a Lino de Pombo como secretario del Interior y de Relaciones Exteriores, éste aceptó y viajó desde Popayán con su familia a Bogotá. Cuando la familia llegó a Bogotá, Ana María Rebolledo tenía 9 meses de embarazo, por lo que poco después dio a luz a su primogénito José Rafael de Pombo Rebolledo.
Estoy compartiendo lo que he escrito a lo largo de mi vida (algunas cosas se han perdido). No sigo ningún orden establecido, voy mezclando poemas de aquí y allá. Algunos son breves, otros son más largos, los hay de amor y desamor, inocentes, viscerales, sexuales, tormentosos, filosóficos... En fin, es un amplio abanico donde tiene cabida la poesía que sale del alma y del corazón. Espero que les guste.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, then part of Massachusetts, and studied at Bowdoin College. After spending time in Europe he became a professor at Bowdoin and, later, at Harvard College. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854 to focus on his writing, living the remainder of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a former headquarters of George Washington. His first wife, Mary Potter, died in 1835 after a miscarriage. His second wife, Frances Appleton, died in 1861 after sustaining burns from her dress catching fire. After her death, Longfellow had difficulty writing poetry for a time and focused on his translation. He died in 1882.
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. He has been greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Marcel Schwob, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he “seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins”.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron. The novelist Mary Shelley (née Godwin) was his second wife. Shelley's unconventional life and uncompromising idealism, combined with his strong disapproving voice, made him a marginalized figure during his life, important in a fairly small circle of admirers, and opened him to criticism as well as praise afterward.
Pablo Sciuto (Montevideo, 1979) cantautor hispano-uruguayo radicado en España, dueño de un lenguaje poético que conjuga la metafísica y la astronomía, que vuelca en sus canciones. Creador incansable, capaz de beber de la cercanía de su admirado y coterráneo Mario Benedetti, como también fundirse en las leyes físicas y astronómicas de Stephen Hawking, bucear en la melancolía e intimidad de Alejandra Pizarnik y esconderse en las oscuridades del astillero de Juan Carlos Onetti. Ha compartido escenario y experiencias con artistas como Pablo Guerrero, Carlos Chaouen, Jorge Drexler, Gustavo Pena “El Príncipe” y Leo Minax con los que siente una conexión en el uso de la poesía para comunicar las más profundas emociones humanas, junto a los diversos estilos donde compone su peculiar música, entre jazz, bossa nova y candombe. Mencionado como autor destacado en el libro, “Y la palabra se hizo música: El canto emigrado de América Latina” (Fundación Autor, 2007) del prestigioso musicólogo español, Fernando González Lucini.
Juan Antonio Alix. Desapercibido pasó el 180 aniversario del natalicio de Juan Antonio Alix (Moca, 6 septiembre 1833 – Santiago, 15 febrero 1918), recordado por sus décimas Eso e paja pa’ la gaiza, El follón de Yamasá, El negro tras de la oreja, Entre Lucas y Juan Mejía, Cánticos (mejor conocida como A las arandelas) y Los mangos bajitos. Sabemos que tenía una hermana, Carmen Alix Rodríguez, y que sus padres, Juan Mateo Alix, natural de Cabo Haitiano, y María Magdalena Rodríguez, casaron en Moca en 1829. Su madre, hija de Domingo Antonio Rodríguez y Juana de Rojas Valerio, había casado por primera vez con Juan José Espaillat Velilla, con quien había procreado a Juan Francisco, José María y Eloísa Espaillat Rodríguez, esta última esposa de su primo hermano paterno Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones, presidente de la República en 1876. En su entorno familiar materno se descubren interesantes entronques. Una de sus tías fue Tomasina Rodríguez Rojas de Julia, ascendiente de los eminentes médicos Alejandro Llenas Julia y Arturo Grullón Julia, el gestor cultural Rafael Díaz Niese, el historiador mocano Julio Jaime Julia Guzmán, el historiador y político Juan Isidro Jimenes Grullón, el escritor Virgilio Díaz Grullón, el munícipe santiaguero Tomás (Jimmy) Pastoriza Espaillat y el banquero Alejandro Grullón Espaillat. Su tía abuela María Dolores Rojas Valerio de Solano fue madre, entre otros, de Domingo Antonio Solano Rojas, el famoso padre Solano, quien fuera padre, entre otros hijos, de Santiago Petitón y José Antonio Olavarrieta, troncos de las familias Petitón y Olavarrieta, y ascendiente del presidente Rafael Estrella Ureña, el Dr. José Jesús Jiménez Olavarrieta, Maestro de la Medicina Dominicana; el munícipe santiaguero Víctor Espaillat Mera y la ex primera dama Asela Mera de Jorge. De su lado, su tío abuelo Carlos de Rojas Valerio fue padre, entre otros, de Benigno Filomeno de Rojas Ramos, presidente del Congreso Constituyente que adoptó en Moca la Constitución de 1857 y prócer civil de la Guerra de la Restauración, y de Carlos de Rojas Ramos, tronco de la familia Rojas de Moca. Alix casó con Petronila Francisca Liriano Bidó y procreó a Petronila Hortensia (n.1868); Tomasina (f. 19 de marzo de 1940), esposa desde 1892 de José María Benedicto Luisón (papá Cheché), munícipe y presidente del Ayuntamiento de Santiago en varias ocasiones; Olivia Juana Antonia, quien casó con Agustín Bonilla Tavares en 1897; Rosalina (Rocha), quien casó en 1898 con Manuel Malagón Espaillat y fallecida en 1900 a la edad de 23 años; Carmen, fallecida soltera y sin descendencia, y Agripina (Pinona) Alix Liriano, esposa del puertorriqueño Ramón Goico. El matrimonio Benedicto Alix procreó a Graciela, esposa de Narciso Román; Mario, Mercedes, Migdalia, Rafael, Rosa Celia, cónyuge de Eladio Antonio Victoria Morales, y José Tomás Benedicto Alix, esposo de Delia Guzmán. Los hijos de Olivia Juana Antonia Alix de Bonilla, fueron Agustín, Betina, Carlos, Dorila, Emma, casada con Rafael Díaz Espinal; María, cónyuge de Manuel Furcy Bonnelly Fondeur; Nidia Antonia, cónyuge de José Manuel Nicolás Rodríguez, y Zaida Bonilla Alix. De su lado, los hijos de Agripina Alix Liriano fueron Mercedes, Miguel Ángel, Octavio y Juan Goico Alix, este último poeta como su abuelo. La descendencia de Alix alcanza ya la sexta generación, compuesta por niños y jóvenes nacidos a fines del siglo XX y principios del XXI, quienes de seguro desconocen que tienen “detrás de la oreja” a nuestro máximo poeta popular. Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía Referencias Hoy—hoy.com.do/juan-antonio-alix-180-anos/
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway Firth, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a “light” Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt.
Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American poet to garner national critical acclaim. Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872, Dunbar penned a large body of dialect poems, standard English poems, essays, novels and short stories before he died at the age of 33. His work often addressed the difficulties encountered by members of his race and the efforts of African-Americans to achieve equality in America. He was praised both by the prominent literary critics of his time and his literary contemporaries. Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872, to Matilda and Joshua Dunbar, both natives of Kentucky. His mother was a former slave and his father had escaped from slavery and served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and the 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War. Matilda and Joshua had two children before separating in 1874. Matilda also had two children from a previous marriage. The family was poor, and after Joshua left, Matilda supported her children by working in Dayton as a washerwoman. One of the families she worked for was the family of Orville and Wilbur Wright, with whom her son attended Dayton's Central High School. Though the Dunbar family had little material wealth, Matilda, always a great support to Dunbar as his literary stature grew, taught her children a love of songs and storytelling. Having heard poems read by the family she worked for when she was a slave, Matilda loved poetry and encouraged her children to read. Dunbar was inspired by his mother, and he began reciting and writing poetry as early as age 6. Dunbar was the only African-American in his class at Dayton Central High, and while he often had difficulty finding employment because of his race, he rose to great heights in school. He was a member of the debating society, editor of the school paper and president of the school's literary society. He also wrote for Dayton community newspapers. He worked as an elevator operator in Dayton's Callahan Building until he established himself locally and nationally as a writer. He published an African-American newsletter in Dayton, the Dayton Tattler, with help from the Wright brothers. His first public reading was on his birthday in 1892. A former teacher arranged for him to give the welcoming address to the Western Association of Writers when the organization met in Dayton. James Newton Matthews became a friend of Dunbar's and wrote to an Illinois paper praising Dunbar's work. The letter was reprinted in several papers across the country, and the accolade drew regional attention to Dunbar; James Whitcomb Riley, a poet whose works were written almost entirely in dialect, read Matthew's letter and acquainted himself with Dunbar's work. With literary figures beginning to take notice, Dunbar decided to publish a book of poems. Oak and Ivy, his first collection, was published in 1892. Though his book was received well locally, Dunbar still had to work as an elevator operator to help pay off his debt to his publisher. He sold his book for a dollar to people who rode the elevator. As more people came in contact with his work, however, his reputation spread. In 1893, he was invited to recite at the World's Fair, where he met Frederick Douglass, the renowned abolitionist who rose from slavery to political and literary prominence in America. Douglass called Dunbar "the most promising young colored man in America." Dunbar moved to Toledo, Ohio, in 1895, with help from attorney Charles A. Thatcher and psychiatrist Henry A. Tobey. Both were fans of Dunbar's work, and they arranged for him to recite his poems at local libraries and literary gatherings. Tobey and Thatcher also funded the publication of Dunbar's second book, Majors and Minors. It was Dunbar's second book that propelled him to national fame. William Dean Howells, a novelist and widely respected literary critic who edited Harper's Weekly, praised Dunbar's book in one of his weekly columns and launched Dunbar's name into the most respected literary circles across the country. A New York publishing firm, Dodd Mead and Co., combined Dunbar's first two books and published them as Lyrics of a Lowly Life. The book included an introduction written by Howells. In 1897, Dunbar traveled to England to recite his works on the London literary circuit. His national fame had spilled across the Atlantic. After returning from England, Dunbar married Alice Ruth Moore, a young writer, teacher and proponent of racial and gender equality who had a master's degree from Cornell University. Dunbar took a job at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He found the work tiresome, however, and it is believed the library's dust contributed to his worsening case of tuberculosis. He worked there for only a year before quitting to write and recite full time. In 1902, Dunbar and his wife separated. Depression stemming from the end of his marriage and declining health drove him to a dependence on alcohol, which further damaged his health. He continued to write, however. He ultimately produced 12 books of poetry, four books of short stories, a play and five novels. His work appeared in Harper's Weekly, the Sunday Evening Post, the Denver Post, Current Literature and a number of other magazines and journals. He traveled to Colorado and visited his half-brother in Chicago before returning to his mother in Dayton in 1904. He died there on Feb. 9, 1906. Literary style Dunbar's work is known for its colorful language and a conversational tone, with a brilliant rhetorical structure. These traits were well matched to the tune-writing ability of Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862–1946), with whom he collaborated. Use of dialect Much of Dunbar's work was authored in conventional English, while some was rendered in African-American dialect. Dunbar remained always suspicious that there was something demeaning about the marketability of dialect poems. One interviewer reported that Dunbar told him, "I am tired, so tired of dialect", though he is also quoted as saying, "my natural speech is dialect" and "my love is for the Negro pieces". Though he credited William Dean Howells with promoting his early success, Dunbar was dismayed by his demand that he focus on dialect poetry. Angered that editors refused to print his more traditional poems, he accused Howells of "[doing] my irrevocable harm in the dictum he laid down regarding my dialect verse." Dunbar, however, was continuing a literary tradition that used Negro dialect; his predecessors included Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, and George Washington Cable. Two brief examples of Dunbar's work, the first in standard English and the second in dialect, demonstrate the diversity of the poet's production: (From "Dreams") What dreams we have and how they fly Like rosy clouds across the sky; Of wealth, of fame, of sure success, Of love that comes to cheer and bless; And how they wither, how they fade, The waning wealth, the jilting jade — The fame that for a moment gleams, Then flies forever, — dreams, ah — dreams! (From "A Warm Day In Winter") "Sunshine on de medders, Greenness on de way; Dat's de blessed reason I sing all de day." Look hyeah! What you axing'? What meks me so merry? 'Spect to see me sighin' W'en hit's wa'm in Febawary? List of works * Oak and Ivy (1892) * Majors and Minors (1896) * Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896) * Folks from Dixie (1898) * The Strength of Gideon (1900) * In Old Plantation Days (1903) * The Heart of Happy Hollow (1904) * Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (1905) References Paul Laurence Dunbar Website - www.dunbarsite.org/biopld.asp Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Laurence_Dunbar