Some scholars believe that the art of poetry may predate literacy. Others, however, suggest that poetry did not necessarily predate writing. The oldest surviving epic poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, comes from the 3rd millennium BCE in Sumer (in Mesopotamia, now Iraq), and was written in cuneiform script on clay tablets and, later, on papyrus.
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“Howl”, also known as “Howl for Carl Solomon”, is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1954–1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems.
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I was blessed to have my beautiful mother for 58 years of my life. She was diagnosed with lung cancer February 14, 2008 and went to be with Jesus September 26, 2008.
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by Jac Judy A. Campbell, calif 1 year ago Your poem is beautiful, Heather. You ask for what we need the most in order to be able to live for our Lord.
Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes – What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run?
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