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  2. Chaurisurata Panchashika - Wikipedia

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    They were discovered, and Bilhana was thrown into prison. While awaiting judgement, he wrote the Chaurisurata Panchashika, a fifty-stanza love poem, not knowing whether he would be sent into exile or die on the gallows. It is unknown what fate Bilhana encountered. [4] Nevertheless, his poem was transmitted orally around India.

  3. Alexander Pushkin - Wikipedia

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    Pushkin recites his poem before Gavrila Derzhavin during an exam in the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum on 8 January 1815. Painting by Ilya Repin (1911) Pushkin's married lover Anna Petrovna Kern , for whom he probably wrote the most famous love poem in Russian

  4. François Villon - Wikipedia

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    In his own work, however, Villon is the only name the poet used, and he mentions it frequently in his work. His two collections of poems, especially "Le Testament" (also known as "Le grand testament"), have traditionally been read as if they were autobiographical. Other details of his life are known from court or other civil documents.

  5. Poetry reading - Wikipedia

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    Watch out. A poem must work from the platform but it must also work on the page." [6] Afroamerican poet Maya Angelou was a friend of Malcolm X, and she performanced poetry reading. [12] Radical poet group The Last Poets performanced poetry reading with African conga, and Gil Scott-Heron play poetry reading with jazz music. Dub poet Linton Kwesi ...

  6. Recitation - Wikipedia

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    Accompanied recitations of poetry or dramatic texts, most often for spoken voice and piano, became very popular in the nineteenth century Europe as an after dinner entertainment. The genre was often looked down on as something for authors and composers of lesser stature, though there are examples by Robert Schumann ( Ballads for Declaration ...

  7. The Gift Outright - Wikipedia

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    The poem was first published in the Virginia Quarterly Review in Spring of 1942. It was collected in Frost's volume A Witness Tree [2] in 1943. According to Jeffrey S. Cramer the poem may have been written as early as 1936. [1] [3] Frost was a big lover of his country, and wrote many poems about American life, culture, beliefs, etc. "His poem ...

  8. Poet - Wikipedia

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    The work of a poet is essentially one of communication, expressing ideas either in a literal sense (such as communicating about a specific event or place) or metaphorically. Poets have existed since prehistory , in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary greatly in different cultures and periods. [ 1 ]

  9. John Close - Wikipedia

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    The poet at his Bowness bookstall in 1875. An indefatigable self-promoter and in a position to publish his own work regardless of quality, Close renamed his place of business 'Poet's Hall'. He also formed an alliance with local photographer Moses Bowness. While the latter mass-produced publicity photographs of him and sold his books, Close ...