poet
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I wanted to be a comedian, I wanted to be a poet, and I wanted to be a photographer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Guests in attendance included the actress Sigourney Weaver and the poet and novelist Sir Ben Okri.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
“A diary is an assassin’s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen,” wrote William Soutar, a Scottish poet and diarist, in 1934.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Tzruya “Suki” Lahav, a violinist and poet who played with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in the mid 1970’s on some of the band’s most beloved LPs, has died.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Papa managed to find a couple of children’s books, including one of haiku by a famous Japanese poet from a long time ago.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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Reading: Literature - Middle School
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