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Oct 29

Poem of the Week - I Do Not Love You Except …

Pablo Neruda, considered one of the greatest Spanish-language poets of the 20th century was a prolific writer, his output ranging from erotically charged love poems, surrealist poems, historical epics, and overtly political poems, to poems on common things, like nature and the sea. In 1923 his first volume of verse, Crepusculario ("Book of Twilights"), was [...]

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Jul 26

Poem of the Week - In the Seven Woods

William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and together with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre and served as its chief playwright during its early years. Yeats was a [...]

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May 18

Poem of the Week - If

Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author Henry James famously said of him: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, [...]

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