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  2. Edgar A. Guest - Wikipedia

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    After he began at the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared on 11 December 1898. He became a naturalized citizen in 1902. For 40 years, Guest was widely read throughout North America, and his sentimental, optimistic poems were in the same vein as the light verse of Nick Kenny, who wrote syndicated columns during the same decades.

  3. Don't Quit - Wikipedia

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    Don't Quit, a poem by Edgar A. Guest "Don't Quit" (song), a song by DJ Khaled and Calvin Harris This page was last edited on 3 April 2022, at 16:25 (UTC). Text is ...

  4. Rod McKuen - Wikipedia

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    Rodney Marvin McKuen (/ m ə ˈ k j uː ə n / mə-KEW-ən; né Woolever; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and composer.He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s.

  5. John Greenleaf Whittier - Wikipedia

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    John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

  6. Ne me quitte pas - Wikipedia

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    "Ne me quitte pas" ("Don't leave me") is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known adaptation, with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, is "If You Go Away".

  7. Because I could not stop for Death - Wikipedia

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    "Because I could not stop for Death" is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890. Dickinson's work was never authorized to be published, so it is unknown whether "Because I could not stop for Death" was completed or "abandoned". [1] The speaker of Dickinson's poem meets personified Death. Death ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The addicts who quit during those early stages weren’t ready to accept 12-step so they don’t count, explained Townsend of Recovery Kentucky. But nobody wants to be a heroin addict. These were individuals who were desperate enough to seek help, who had often languished on long waiting lists to get it or who, if a court had ordered the ...

  9. Raymond Carver - Wikipedia

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    The film's main character, Riggan Thomson, attributes his choice of acting as a profession to a complimentary note he once received from Raymond Carver written on a cocktail napkin. The film also preludes with Carver's poem "Late Fragment." In February 2015, Birdman won four Oscars, including the Academy Award for Best Picture.