poet
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The poet Wallace Stevens and the composer Charles Ives were insurance executives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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
A poet before she was a songwriter, Parks has a knack for dropping you into stories that feel instantly familiar.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
This is the title of a long poem, very popular in classical days, by the third-century poet Apollonius of Rhodes.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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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