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The original Kindertodtenlieder were a group of 428 poems written by Rückert in 1833–34 [ 1] in an outpouring of grief following the illness ( scarlet fever) and death of two of his children. Karen Painter describes the poems thus: "Rückert's 428 poems on the death of children became singular, almost manic documents of the psychological ...
Namdev's work is known for abhangs, a genre of hymn poetry in India. [7] His poems were transmitted from one generation to the next within singing families, and memory was the only recording method in the centuries that followed Namdev's death. [40] The repertoires grew, because the artists added new songs to their repertoire.
Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1974 children's poetry collection written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. [ 1] It was published by Harper and Row Publishers. The book's poems address common childhood concerns and also present fanciful stories and imaginative images. Silverstein's work is valued by people of all ages, primarily due to his ...
Death poem. The jisei, or death poem, of Kuroki Hiroshi, a Japanese sailor who died in a Kaiten suicide torpedo accident on 7 September 1944. It reads: "This brave man, so filled with love for his country that he finds it difficult to die, is calling out to his friends and about to die". The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the ...
Mercy Otis Warren. / 41.956; -70.666. Mercy Otis Warren (September 25, 1728 – October 19, 1814) was an American activist poet, playwright, and pamphleteer during the American Revolution. During the years before the Revolution, she had published poems and plays that attacked royal authority in Massachusetts and urged colonists to resist ...
Kenn Nesbitt (born February 20, 1962)in Berkeley, California. He grew up in Fresno and San Diego and attended National University in San Diego, also done education with Mission bay high school , Le Jolla High school and kirk elementary school is an American children's poet. [ 1][ 2][ 3] On June 11, 2013, he was named Children's Poet Laureate ...
t. e. Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 [ 1] – November 16, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic religious sister from New Orleans. She founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1836 and served as their first Mother Superior. The sisters are the second-oldest surviving congregation of African-American religious.
One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) "One for Sorrow". Three magpies in a tree. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1780. " One for Sorrow " is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen tells if one will have bad or good luck.