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.
Welcome to my poetry page, I think its a blast, Some of my Poetry is about my past. Lots of wonderful words are written and funny, I don't get paid so it wont cost you money. My poems are of the wonders of life someone said I have written about the dead. Some people may be offended by some of my rhymes, So if your offended don't come back to read next time. But if my poetry makes you laugh please come back, Because this Yorkshire man has a sense of humour and can be really daft.
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.
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.
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.
Amado Ruiz de Nervo y Ordaz (Tepic, Distrito Militar de Tepic, Jalisco, República Restaurada, 27 de agosto de 1870-Montevideo, Uruguay, 24 de mayo de 1919), más conocido como Amado Nervo, fue un poeta y escritor mexicano, perteneciente al movimiento modernista. Fue miembro correspondiente de la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, pero no pudo serlo de número por residir en el extranjero.
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.
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. A number of phrases from Tennyson’s work have become commonplaces of the English language, including “Nature, red in tooth and claw”, “'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all”, “Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die”, “My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure”, “Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers”, and “The old order changeth, yielding place to new”. He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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.
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.
Raised in Summerville, South Carolina, Michelle is the oldest of three children and an Army veteran whose personal interests of study include Feng Shui, Planetary science, 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 also holds a BA in Creative Writing with a minor in Communications, an AAS in Nursing (Army), and Paralegal Studies.
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.
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American expatriate poet, critic and a major figure of the early modernist movement. His contribution to poetry began with his promotion of Imagism, a movement that derived its technique from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision and economy of language. His best-known works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his unfinished 120-section epic, The Cantos (1917–1969). Working in London in the early 20th century as foreign editor of several American literary magazines, Pound helped to discover and shape the work of contemporaries such as T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Robert Frost, and Ernest Hemingway. He was responsible for the publication in 1915 of Eliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” and for the serialization from 1918 of Joyce's Ulysses. Hemingway wrote of him in 1925: “He defends [his friends] when they are attacked, he gets them into magazines and out of jail. ... He writes articles about them. He introduces them to wealthy women. He gets publishers to take their books. He sits up all night with them when they claim to be dying... he advances them hospital expenses and dissuades them from suicide.”
There are much better writers than I Who have written of love, God and philosophy Not much that I can add But my unique life experiences I will stick to what I know and feel In hopes my written word can reach places that I have not Relying more on natural simplicity than technique and form Check out my work at: www.amazon.com/Laura-Alaniz
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.
Pedro Salinas Serrano (Madrid, 27 de noviembre de 1891 – Boston, 4 de diciembre de 1951) fue un escritor español conocido sobre todo por su poesía y ensayos. Dentro del contexto de la Generación del 27, se le considera uno de sus mayores poetas. Sus traducciones de Proust contribuyeron al conocimiento del novelista francés en el mundo hispanohablante. Al concluir la guerra civil española, se exilió en Estados Unidos hasta su muerte.
Cantautor uruguayo de Tupambaé Cerro Largo, nació el 14 de setiembre de 1988 en Santa Clara de Olimar. Comenzó su interés por la música a los 16 años de edad; su abuelo le regalo una guitarra después de la continua insistencia de su padre, de querer que un hijo fuera músico de el nombrado instrumento. De pequeño, en la familia veía esa costumbre y gusto por la música y el canto; todos los géneros eran aceptados al correr de las distintas ocasiones del año. Después de haber participado en un certamen de la voz en su pueblo natal, le tomo el gusto y la dedicación al canto y la guitarra. El apoyo de personas que ya tenían el conocimiento, fue fundamental para el inicio de lo que perduraría en su vida. Al poco tiempo de afirmar sus paso, comenzó a escribir la idea de lo que podría ser una canción en letra y música. Con los años y tantas curiosidades obtuvo mejoras musicales y literarias. Así comiensan las presentaciones en sencillos evento y reuniones de amigos, donde podia sentir el agrado de la adrenalina y espontánea música autodidacta. Con el tiempo y la insistencias por comprender ese mágico mundo, lo lleva a transitar junto con su crecimiento por razones y oportunidades de la vida, en el trabajo y la formación de un ser. Formo varios grupos y duos del folclor de su país, funcionando con ritmos y fusiones de las fronteras y distintos sonidos latinoamericanos. Graba su primer álbum en el año 2014 el cual se titulo " Mi padre el alambrador " el cual llevaría el nombre de la canción principal y la que le diera mas satisfacciones. Se encuentra con su identidad y conformidad en el tercer trabajo titulado "Huella Arachana" desde ahí la comodidad y seguridad de la linea a seguir con sus mejoras fue clara. La composición de canciones y música le despertó el interés por la poesía literaria; después de conocer personas con gran gusto he interés por la misma. Sus fragmentos apuntan a las experiencias de la vida cotidiana, la historia y su vivencias. Nombrado en distintos premios y reconocimientos como cantautor dentro y fuera del país, llevo a tomar con mas dedicación y seriedad la composición musical y literaria. Luis Arrúa canta y escribe inspirado en la vida cotidiana y sus inquietudes, siempre tratando dejar un mensaje y hacer buena utilidad de la canción y poesía.
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.
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”.
Hi!! I don't have much to say but I have tons to share..... I am an Hyper-Sensitive Empath with highly emotional and perspective style writing. I Like sometimes What I see and How I feel So I Write If I wanted that moment to stay. So I write What I see, and like and had glimpse or ample of feelings for. Hope you get Along with this Intellectual Journey of Building, Love, Life, Friendships, Moments Smiles and More.
Juan Gelman (Buenos Aires, 3 de mayo de 1930 - México, D. F., 14 de enero de 2014) fue un prestigioso poeta argentino. Escritor desde su niñez, se desempeñó como periodista, traductor, y militante en organizaciones guerrilleras. Exiliado durante la dictadura militar iniciada en 1976, retornó a la Argentina en 1988 aunque se radicó en México. Buena parte de su vida y obra literaria se vieron signadas por el secuestro y desaparición de sus hijos y la búsqueda de su nieta nacida en cautiverio. Fue el cuarto argentino galardonado con el Premio Miguel de Cervantes, luego de Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Sabato y Adolfo Bioy Casares. Se lo considera uno de los grandes poetas contemporáneos de habla hispana, y un «expresionista del dolor». A su muerte, la Presidencia de la Nación Argentina decretó tres días de duelo nacional.
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American author and poet. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years. She received dozens of awards and over thirty honorary doctoral degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of seventeen, and brought her international recognition and acclaim. Angelou's long list of occupations has included pimp, prostitute, night-club dancer and performer, cast-member of the musical Porgy and Bess, coordinator for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, author, journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the days of decolonization, and actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs.