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  1. Aaron, Amelia Wire Holmes   Americas. Born: 1902, Died: 2000 (modern), 16 poems.
    Amelia Aaron was born in Louisiana. She was a businesswoman, and was accomplished in music and poetry. She lived to be 98 years old and she died in her home state of Louisiana.
  2. Adams, Arthur   Oceania. Born: 1872, Died: 1936, 77 poems.
    Writer of works for children. Arthur Adams edited three collections of well-known nursery rhymes which were set to music. They were published by Allan's the Australian Music company.
  3. Adcock, Arthur St. John   English. Born: 1864, Died: 1930, 2 poems.
  4. Aeschylus,   European. Born: -525, Died: -431, 13 poems.
    The "Father of Tragedy,"
  5. Africas , Anonymous   Born: 1, Died: 1950, 9 poems.
    I am no one,
    Constructing eternity so
    I can live forever.
  6. Akhmatova, Anna   Asian. Born: 1889, Died: 1966 (modern), 74 poems.
    Russian poet recognized at her death as the greatest woman poet in Russian literature.
  7. Akhtar-Ul-Iman,   Asian. Born: 1915, Died: 1996 (modern), 2 poems.
  8. al-Farazdaq,   Asian. Born: 641, Died: 728, 1 poems.
    Arab poet famous for his satires
  9. Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid   Asian. Born: 1058, Died: 1111, 1 poems.
    It was his habit from an early age, he says, to search for the true reality of things. In the process he came to doubt the senses and even reason itself as the means to 'certain knowledge', and fell into a deep scepticism.
  10. al-Husri, Abu l-Hasan   Asian. Born: 1095, 1 poems.
  11. Al-Karmi, Abdelkarim   Asian. Born: 1907, Died: 1980 (modern), 1 poems.
    Also known as Abu Salma.
  12. Alcaeus,   European. Born: -620, Died: -580, 7 poems.
    Alcaeus (Mytilene, Lesbos, 620 b.C. - 580 b.C.) Greek lyric poet who wrote hymns, love songs, and political odes.
  13. Alcman,   European. Born: -654, Died: -611, 1 poems.
    Poet who worked in Sparta in the first half of the 7th century Bc.
  14. Alcott, Amos Bronson   Americas. Born: 1799, Died: 1888, 15 poems.
    Alcott ideas were instrumental in forming Emerson's thought as recorded in the transcendental seminal work, Nature. Alcott was an early admirer of Thoreau's reasoned philosophy of civil disobedience, and acted upon those principles several years befo
  15. Alcuin,   European. Born: 735, Died: 804, 2 poems.
  16. Aldrich, Anne Reeve   Americas. Born: 1866, Died: 1892, 12 poems.
  17. Aleardi, Aleardo   European. Born: 1812, Died: 1878, 3 poems.
  18. Alfonso, El Sabio   European. Born: 1221, Died: 1284, 9 poems.
    Alfonso X commissioned numerous works during his reign, including the Cantigas de Santa Maria (400+ songs mentioning the Virgin Mary) and the Libro de los juegos, or book of games.
  19. Alfred The Great, King   Born: 849, Died: 900, 3 poems.
    The "Consolation of Philosophy" he not only translated but adapted, adding much of his own. The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", the record of the English race from the earliest time, was inspired by him.
  20. Allais, Alphonse   European. Born: 1854, Died: 1905, 4 poems.
  21. Allegri, Allessandro   European. Born: 1520, Died: 1620, 0 poems.
  22. Americas, Anonymous   Americas. Born: 1000, Died: 1950, 217 poems.
    I am no one,
    Constructing eternity so
    I can live forever.
  23. Ammons, A.R.   Americas. Born: 1926, Died: 2001 (modern), 30 poems.
    Ammons was, quite literally, a modern poetical phenomenon. His influence over American letters is immeasurably profound, and, while his style may inspire comers of every stripe, his literary accomplishments are not likely to be duplicated in our time
  24. Anacreon,   European. Born: -563, Died: -478, 13 poems.
  25. Andersch, Alfred   European. Born: 1914, Died: 1980 (modern), 0 poems.
  26. Anderson, Alexander   English. Born: 1845, Died: 1909, 402 poems.
    Alexander Anderson, who generally wrote under the psuedonym "Surfaceman", was born in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and became a surfaceman on the railway. He spent all his leisure in self-culture, he mastered the languages German, French, and
  27. Aneirin,   English. 3 poems.
  28. Angilbert,   European. Born: 740, Died: 814, 0 poems.
  29. Anjos, Augusto   Americas. Born: 1884, Died: 1914, 2 poems.
  30. Annan, Annie Rankin   Americas. Born: 1848, Died: 1925, 1 poems.
  31. Antar,   Asian. Born: 525, Died: 615, 2 poems.
    Antarah, ‘The Black Knight’, was the son of a tribal leader and an Abyssinian slave girl. He became renowned for his poetry and for his skill in warfare; ultimately he became the hero of an extensive legend, the Romance of Antar.
  32. Aratus,   European. Born: -315, Died: -245, 0 poems.
  33. Arbuthnot, Alexander   English. Born: 1538, Died: 1583, 1 poems.
  34. Archer Sewall James, Alice   Americas. Born: 1870, Died: 1955, 3 poems.
  35. Ariadne,   English. Born: 1650, Died: 1750, 0 poems.
  36. Arif , Ahmed   Asian. Born: 1927, Died: 1991 (modern), 1 poems.
  37. Aristophanes,   European. Born: -448, Died: -380, 15 poems.
    The more renown translations of his works were compiled by John Hookham Frere
  38. Aristotle,   European. Born: -384, Died: -322, 1 poems.
  39. Arlouine,   Americas. Born: 1830, Died: 1900, 1 poems.
  40. Arrebo, Anders   European. Born: 1587, Died: 1637, 3 poems.
  41. Arrington, Alfred W   Americas. Born: 1810, Died: 1867, 3 poems.
  42. Artaud, Antonin   European. Born: 1896, Died: 1948, 1 poems.
  43. Arvers, Alexis Felix   European. Born: 1806, Died: 1851, 1 poems.
  44. Asian, Anonymous   Asian. Born: 1, Died: 1950, 26 poems.
    I am no one,
    Constructing eternity so
    I can live forever.
  45. Askerc, Anton   European. Born: 1856, Died: 1912, 0 poems.
  46. Askewe, Anne   English. Born: 1521, Died: 1546, 1 poems.
  47. Asnyk, Adam   European. Born: 1838, Died: 1897, 0 poems.
  48. Austin, Alfred   English. Born: 1835, Died: 1913, 249 poems.
    Austin published regularly for half a century and succeeded Alfred, Lord Tennyson as poet laureate of England in 1896
  49. Ava,   European. Born: 1060, Died: 1127, 0 poems.
  50. Baba, Abdur Rahman   Asian. Born: 1651, Died: 1710, 1 poems.
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