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George Gordon Byron
Born in 1788 in Scotland, Byron's works include the long poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and his masterpiece, the epic-satire Don Juan.
Alexander Pope
"the great moral poet of all times, of all climes, of all feelings, and all stages of existence," wrote Byron about Pope.
Mary Jo Bang
The author of five books of poems, most recently Elegy and The Eye Like a Strange Balloon, Bang has been chosen three times for inclusion in the Best American Poetry series.
Simon Armitage
One Britain's most beloved poets, Armitage is a great observer of modern life, writing in an original language that mixes slang and driving rhythms.
Carol Ann Duffy
Duffy's work is exemplified by dramatic characters and narratives, and more recently, the tangled themes of love.
Dante Alighieri
The author of The Divine Comedy, considered a masterwork of world literature, Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, to a notable family of modest means.
Virgil
Born in 70 BC in a farming village in northern Italy, Virgil greatly influenced the traditions of both pastoral and epic verse with his major works, the Eclogues and the Aeneid, the national epic of the Roman Empire.
Jack Spicer
Although his troubled life and untimely death often overshadow his work, Jack Spicer was an integral figure of the San Francisco Renaissance, and his poetry is revered for its lyric beauty and formal invention.
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