Friday Favorites — William Henry Davies
William Henry Davies Poet and writer William Henry Davies was born in Newport, Wales. His father died when he was …
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Friday Favorites — James Kavanaugh
(Way back on May 8, 2015, started posting Friday Favorites. I read through a ton of poetry books looking for …
Friday Favorites — Joe Lamb
Joe Lamb * * * * * * Joe Lamb, featured reader, Writing through War workshop #1 February 21, 2016 …
Friday Favorites — D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence, novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist, was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, on September 11, …
Friday Favorites — Langston Hughes (encore)
Langston Hughes Langston Hughes, in full James Mercer Langston Hughes, (born February 1, 1902?, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, …
Friday Favorites — Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr. Johnson, …
Friday Favorites — Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass …
Friday Favorites — David Ignatow
David Ignatow Born in Brooklyn on February 7, 1914, David Ignatow spent most of his life in the New York …
Friday Favorites — W.S. Merwin (encore)
W.S. Merwin Appointed United States Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress in 2010, William Stanley Merwin has a career …
Friday Favorites — Theodore Roethke
Theodore Roethke On May 25, 1908, Theodore Roethke was born in Saginaw, Michigan. As a child, he spent much time …
Friday Favorites — Stanley Kunitz (encore)
Stanley Kunitz Stanley Kunitz became the tenth Poet Laureate of the United States in the autumn of 2000. Kunitz was …
Friday Favorites — John Horder
John Horder John Horder was a poet, writer, performer and critic – and a man whose passionate personality touched many. …
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