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Jul 09

Arabic poetry

Taj Mahal

Jun 25

Augustan poetry

Caesar Augustus

Mar 21

American Poetry

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, 1856

Dec 16

Poetry reading

Two books

Oct 17

Poetasters

Ben Jonson

Poetaster, rhymester or versifier are contemptuous names often applied to bad or inferior poets.

The original poetasters were John Marston and Thomas Dekker as this was the name given to a 1601 play by Ben Jonson—the first to use the word in print—lampooning these two writers.

Aug 07

Best poets by language

The poet Yacuren

Aug 07

Poets

L'inspiration du poète, by Nicolas Poussin

Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. Poets, like any artist, exist within a cultural and intellectual tradition and generally write in a specific language, but the qualities which comprise good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity.

 

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