27 de August

Thursday

7 Born on this day 8 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

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Died on this day

8
Alberto de Lacerda

Alberto de Lacerda

19 years since death · 2007

Alberto de Lacerda was an Angolan poet whose work stood out for its profound lyricism and reflection on identity, memory, and the human condition, with strong roots in African and …

Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega

391 years since death · 1635

Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet, a prominent figure of the Golden Age of Spanish literature. Known for his prolificacy and versatility, Lope de Vega r…

Inácio José de Alvarenga Peixoto

Inácio José de Alvarenga Peixoto

234 years since death · 1792

Inácio José de Alvarenga Peixoto was a Brazilian poet and military man, a prominent figure of Arcadianism in Minas Gerais. He stood out for his participation in the Inconfidência M…

José Hélder de Souza

José Hélder de Souza

27 years since death · 1999

José Hélder de Souza was a poet whose work is characterized by lyrical depth and the exploration of universal themes such as love, longing, and the human condition. With an evocati…

Raniere Rodrigues dos Santos

Raniere Rodrigues dos Santos

26 years since death · 2000

Raniere Rodrigues dos Santos is a Brazilian poet, whose work stands out for its exploration of themes such as identity, ancestry, and the individual's relationship with society and…

Cesare Pavese

Cesare Pavese

76 years since death · 1950

Cesare Pavese was a prominent Italian writer, poet, translator, and literary critic. His work, deeply marked by the experience of war, solitude, and the search for identity, explor…

João Teixeira Soares

João Teixeira Soares

99 years since death · 1927

João Teixeira Soares is a poet whose work is characterized by lyrical depth and the exploration of themes such as identity, memory, and the relationship between human beings and ti…

Leopoldo Panero

Leopoldo Panero

64 years since death · 1962

Spanish poet, member of the Generation of '50, known for his rooted and existential poetry. His work is characterized by introspection, the exploration of vital anguish, death, and…