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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. 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.

  5. Raymond Carver - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet.He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976.

  6. Do not go gentle into that good night - Wikipedia

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    Do not go gentle into that good night" is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), and is one of his best-known works. [1] Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, [ 2 ] Thomas wrote the poem in 1947 while visiting Florence with his family.

  7. Waddie Mitchell - Wikipedia

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    Mitchell has written four books, Waddie's Whole Load, A Cowboy's Night Before Christmas, Lone Driftin' Rider and a 2015 compilation One Hundred Poems. He was chosen to write a poem describing the West for the 2002 Winter Olympics' Olympic Arts Festival. [2] He is a co-founder of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. [3]

  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. I Shall Not Be Moved (poetry collection) - Wikipedia

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    I Shall Not Be Moved is Maya Angelou's fifth volume of poetry. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age. [1] After her rape at the age of seven, as recounted in her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness.