William Bliss Carman, known throughout his literary life as Bliss Carman, was born on 15 April 1861 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and died on 8 June 1929 in New Canaan, Connecticut. For several decades around the turn of the twentieth century, he was among the most widely read poets associated with Canada. He enjoyed an international reputation unusual for a Canadian writer of his generation, published extensively i…
“The greatest thing in the world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.”
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Edwardian Poets, Folk & Ballad Poets, Nature Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Wonder, Peace
In the annals of literary history, few figures occupy as singular a position as Yone Noguchi, a Japanese poet who dared to write primarily in English during an era when such a choice seemed almost inconceivable. Born Yonejiro Noguchi on December 8, 1875, in the coastal town of Tsushima near Nagoya, Japan, he would become a pioneering voice in cross-cultural literature, a man who walked between East and West with rema…
“The real poet in the Japanese understanding is primitive, as primitive are the moon and flowers.”
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Imagist Poets, Japanese Haiku Masters, Modernist Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Wonder, Spirituality, Tenderness
