17 de May

Sunday

8 Born on this day 5 Died on this day
Poem of the day

Grass

Carl Sandburg
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work
-I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and the passengers ask the conductor:

What place is this?
Where are we now?

I am the grass.
Let me work.
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Born on this day

8
Batista de Lima

Batista de Lima

77 years since birth · 1949

Batista de Lima is a poet and writer known for his lyrical and reflective work. His poetic compositions often explore the intricacies of the human soul, the beauty of nature, and t…

Luis Aranha

Luis Aranha

125 years since birth · 1901

Luis Aranha was a Brazilian poet whose work is part of the Modernism context, although with its own characteristics that distinguish him. His poetry is marked by colloquial languag…

Ricardo Silvestrin

Ricardo Silvestrin

63 years since birth · 1963

Ricardo Silvestrin is a contemporary poet, whose work is distinguished by his ability to explore the depth of human experience through careful and imagistic language. His poetry, o…

Alfonso Reyes

Alfonso Reyes

137 years since birth · 1889

Alfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, poet, diplomat, and literary critic. He is considered one of the most important intellectuals in Mexico in the 20th century and a central …

Aglaja Veteranyi

Aglaja Veteranyi

64 years since birth · 1962

Aglaja Veteranyi was a Romanian writer, known for her works that explore identity, memory, and the human condition through intense and original language. Her writing is marked by d…

Rui Gonçalves

Rui Gonçalves

41 years since birth · 1985

Rui Gonçalves is a poet whose work is characterized by the deep exploration of identity and inner landscape, with a language that oscillates between lyrical clarity and imagistic d…

Esmeralda de Santiago

Esmeralda de Santiago

78 years since birth · 1948

Esmeralda de Santiago is a Puerto Rican-American author whose works narrate her experiences of immigration, identity, and the search for voice. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she m…

James Sacré

James Sacré

87 years since birth · 1939

James Sacré, pseudonym of James Rindlisbacher, was a French-speaking Swiss poet and writer. His poetic work is known for its apparent simplicity, but it is loaded with profound ref…

Died on this day

5