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Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes", also known simply as "Fleas", is a couplet commonly cited as the shortest poem ever written, composed by American poet Strickland Gillilan in the early 20th century. [1] The poem reads in full:
Geoffrey Chaucer (/ ˈ tʃ ɔː s ər / CHAW-sər; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. [1] He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". [2]
An Idyl of the South: An Epic Poem in Two Parts by Albery Allson Whitman (1901) Lahuta e Malcís by Gjergj Fishta (composed 1902–1937) Ural-batyr (Bashkirs oral tradition set in the written form by Mukhamedsha Burangulov in 1910) The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton (1911) Mensagem by Fernando Pessoa (composed 1913–1934)
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American white nationalist author Michael H. Hart.Published by his father's publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere), written by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads, is a poem that recounts the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage.
Referred to by the French press as roi des cuisiniers et cuisinier des rois ("king of chefs and chef of kings" [1] —also previously said of Carême), Escoffier was a preeminent figure in London and Paris during the 1890s and the early part of the 20th century. Alongside the recipes, Escoffier elevated the profession.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (/ ˈ θ eɪ ər /; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, [1] and "the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of ...
Joël Robuchon (French pronunciation: [ʒɔɛl ʁɔbyʃɔ̃], 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur.He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, [1] and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976.