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I Am" (or "Lines: I Am") [1] is a poem written by English poet John Clare in late 1844 or 1845 and published in 1848. It was composed when Clare was in the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum [ 2 ] (commonly Northampton County Asylum, and later renamed St Andrew's Hospital), isolated by his mental illness from his family and friends.
Latin for "unconquered", [6] the poem "Invictus" is a deeply descriptive and motivational work filled with vivid imagery. With four stanzas and sixteen lines, each containing eight syllables, the poem has a rather uncomplicated structure. [7]
The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England "Do not stand by my grave and weep" is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem "Immortality", written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
"I want to use [my title] to touch the lives and the hearts of the people across our nation," she said. Miss America 2025 Abbie Stockard is seen on Jan. 10, 2025, in New York City.
Gorman in 2017. Amanda Gorman is an American poet from Los Angeles, California.In 2017, aged 19, she was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. [2] On January 14, 2021, the Inaugural Committee, which was organizing the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., announced that Gorman would be giving a poetry reading at the event on January 20. [3]
The post has been liked more than 700,000 times. Followers commended the poet for putting their feelings of grief, fear and anger into words. "Grateful for your words when words feel impossible ...
There are so many ways to change. the world. The mechanic and miner, mail carrier, cashiers and clerks. Singers, farmers, and truckdrivers. I can see them. I imagine. their sore shoulders and ...
On 30 June 1882, the day of the execution of Guiteau for the assassination of President James Garfield, Guiteau announced, after famously dancing his way to the gallows, that he would read a poem that he had written. Guiteau said that he had written the poem, entitled "I Am Going to the Lordy", at about 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time that day ...