1900 – 1960 CE
Breaking conventions with free verse, imagism, and the avant-garde.
"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can br..."
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper
— W.B. Yeats
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow shar..."
The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails
— Federico Garcia Lorca
"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, j..."
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
"Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon
"At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon"
Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches
"Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches"
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of …
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
"How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
Poetry is an act of peace.
— Pablo Neruda
"Poetry is an act of peace."
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is stil…
— Rabindranath Tagore
"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark."
I have learned how faces fall to bone, how under the eyelids terror lurks.
— Anna Akhmatova
"I have learned how faces fall to bone, how under the eyelids terror lurks."
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