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Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

Patmore is much more famous now for having been a close friend of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Francis Thompson than he is for his own work. However, he is recognized among a small group of religious

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In Summer

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Poets Book of Days

July 23

On this day in 1846 Henry David Thoreau was sent to jail for the night for refusing to pay his poll tax to protest the Mexican-American War.

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What American poet stopped writing poetry in 1927, only 7 years after starting?

Answer

John Crowe Ransom. According to his friend Robert Penn Warren, Ransom turned to him one day and said, "I'm gonna quit writing poetry."

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