• Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January – The Ogura Hyakunin...
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    Poetry (a term derived from the Greek word poiesis, "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities...
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    University in St. Louis. In 2023, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020. Phillips was born in Everett...
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    A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary...
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  • The Best American Poetry 2006, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman (general editor), and poet Billy Collins, guest...
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  • crucial use of computers. Digital poetry can be available in form of CD-ROM, DVD, as installations in art galleries, in certain cases also recorded as digital...
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  • Prose poetry is poetry written in prose form instead of verse form, while preserving poetic qualities such as heightened imagery, parataxis, and emotional...
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    majority where I lived." Alexander wrote poetry, prose, and scholarly works in English. Ranjit Hoskote said of her poetry, "Her language drew as much on English...
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    2006 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian...
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  • of the oldest poetic material in Arabic, but Old Arabic inscriptions reveal the art of poetry existed in Arabic writing in material as early as the 1st...
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  • In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in...
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  • track "terrifying" and an album standout. In March 2006, on the Spanish edition of Rolling Stone, "Pagan Poetry" was ranked number 38 by Spanish music professionals...
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    poem." In ancient Greek, 'epic' could refer to all poetry in dactylic hexameter (epea), which included not only Homer but also the wisdom poetry of Hesiod...
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  • on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Robert Henryson's cycle The Morall Fabillis probably composed in the 1480s; earliest...
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    Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. It is not equivalent...
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  • Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1425: Antonio Beccadelli, Hermaphroditus...
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    Poet Laureate) from 2006 to 2008 when the Poetry Foundation established the award. Jack Prelutsky was born on September 8, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York...
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  • Confessional poetry or "Confessionalism" is a style of poetry that emerged in the United States during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It is sometimes...
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    oral history, genealogy, and law. Poetry is often closely related to musical traditions, and the earliest poetry exists in the form of hymns (such as Hymn...
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    The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate, serves as the official poet...
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    American poetry refers to the poetry of the United States. It arose first as efforts by American colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th...
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    Ada Limón (section Poetry)
    the Autumn House Poetry Prize in 2005, while her second book, This Big Fake World, was the winner of the Pearl Poetry Prize in 2006. The two books came...
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    Concrete poetry is an arrangement of linguistic elements in which the typographical effect is more important in conveying meaning than verbal significance...
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  • Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes is a 2006 children's poetry collection by Langston Hughes edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad and illustrated...
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  • Chang-dong. It tells the story of a suburban woman in her 60s who begins to develop an interest in poetry while struggling with Alzheimer's disease and her...
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    Louise Glück (category Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners)
    Columbia University but did not obtain a degree. In addition to being an author, she taught poetry at several academic institutions. Glück is often described...
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    March 2006. "Modern Persian Poetry By Mahmud Kianush". www.art-arena.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2006. "Editions...
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    The Poetry Foundation is a United States literary society that seeks to promote poetry and lyricism in the wider culture. It was formed from Poetry magazine...
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  • Poetry Bus Tour was a literary event sponsored by independent poetry publisher Wave Books in 2006. It featured a tour of contemporary poets, traveling...
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  • Glück's tenth collection of poetry published in 2006 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It was a National Book Award Finalist for Poetry that year. Averno or Lake...
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