25 de January

Sunday

13 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

13
Ildásio Tavares

Ildásio Tavares

86 years since birth · 1940

Ildásio Tavares was a Brazilian poet, journalist, and politician, whose work is part of the modernist movement in Pernambuco. His poetry is characterized by a strong connection to …

Robert Burns

Robert Burns

267 years since birth · 1759

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist, widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and celebrated as the cultural icon of its people. His work often captured the spiri…

Fernandes Soares

Fernandes Soares

54 years since birth · 1972

Fernandes Soares was a poet whose work is distinguished by its lyrical depth and exploration of universal themes such as love, death, and the passage of time. His writing, marked b…

Rodrigo Carvalho

Rodrigo Carvalho

39 years since birth · 1987

Rodrigo Carvalho is a contemporary Portuguese poet, known for his work that explores the urban landscape, memory, and identity in the context of modernity. His poetry is distinguis…

Thereza Magalhães Pinto

Thereza Magalhães Pinto

63 years since birth · 1963

Thereza Magalhães Pinto is a writer whose work stands out for its sensitivity and exploration of themes that touch the human soul. With an engaging prose, the author weaves narrati…

Judith Teixeira

Judith Teixeira

146 years since birth · 1880

Judith Teixeira was a singular figure in Portuguese poetry, standing out for her avant-garde audacity and the expressionist force of her work. Born in 1880, she was a pioneer in ex…

Manuel Caetano de Sousa

Manuel Caetano de Sousa

284 years since birth · 1742

Manuel Caetano de Sousa was a Portuguese poet, a prominent figure in 18th-century literature, a period marked by the influence of Arcadianism. His poetic work, although not extensi…

Paula Assunção

Paula Assunção

46 years since birth · 1980

Paula Assunção is a singular figure in contemporary poetry, marked by a writing that explores the intimacy and complexity of human emotions. Her poetic work is distinguished by its…

Carlos Eduardo Turón

Carlos Eduardo Turón

91 years since birth · 1935

Carlos Eduardo Turón is a Mexican writer and professor. His literary work spans poetry and prose, exploring themes such as identity, memory, and the complexities of human experienc…

Jacobo Fijman

Jacobo Fijman

128 years since birth · 1898

Jacobo Fijman was a poet and thinker of Jewish-Romanian origin who developed a large part of his work in Argentina. His poetry, deeply spiritual and mystical, is characterized by a…

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

144 years since birth · 1882

W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

152 years since birth · 1874

Alessandro Baricco

Alessandro Baricco

68 years since birth · 1958

Died on this day

5