24 de March

Tuesday

10 Born on this day 3 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

10
João Moura Jr.

João Moura Jr.

66 years since birth · 1960

João Moura Jr. is a poet and essayist whose work is distinguished by its deep reflection on the human condition and its relationship with time and memory. His writing, marked by ca…

Olegário Mariano

Olegário Mariano

137 years since birth · 1889

Olegário Mariano was a Brazilian poet, known for his lyrical poetry and for his themes of love and nature. His work is marked by a delicate and musical style, with strong influence…

Mariano José de Larra

Mariano José de Larra

217 years since birth · 1809

Mariano José de Larra was a Spanish journalist, essayist, and playwright, a prominent figure of Romanticism in Spain. Known for his 'costumbrista' articles, in which he criticized …

Jo Shapcott

Jo Shapcott

73 years since birth · 1953

Jomi García Ascot

Jomi García Ascot

99 years since birth · 1927

Jomi García Ascot was a Spanish poet, translator, and professor, exiled in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War. His poetic work is marked by longing for his lost homeland, reflectio…

Mario Bojórquez

Mario Bojórquez

58 years since birth · 1968

Mario Bojórquez is a Mexican poet and translator, recognized for his contribution to contemporary Spanish-language poetry. His poetic work is often marked by dense language, with r…

Jorge Riechmann

Jorge Riechmann

64 years since birth · 1962

Jorge Riechmann is a Spanish poet, translator, and essayist, known for his deep connection with ecology and social criticism. His poetic work, often reflective and committed in nat…

Tirso de Molina

Tirso de Molina

443 years since birth · 1583

Tirso de Molina, pseudonym of Fray Gabriel Téllez, was a prolific Spanish playwright and poet of the Golden Age. Recognized as one of the pillars of Baroque theater, his work stand…

Hai Zi

Hai Zi

62 years since birth · 1964

Wilson Harris

Wilson Harris

105 years since birth · 1921

Died on this day

3