Join poet, Linda France, for an exclusive reading of ‘Portrait of an Artist as an Island Flower’ – a poem inspired by Margaret Rebecca Dickinson’s 1874 expedition to Holy Island - and a chance to view original artworks.

22 August, 6.00-7.15pm, book on 0191 208 2790.

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"If you would be a poet, write living newspapers. Be a reporter from outer space." - Lawrence Ferlinghetti
(#art: Sam McKinniss)

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Washington Allston ARA (Nov 5, 1779 – Jul 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting.

Moonlight, 1819

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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New print added to the official My Little Pop Icons Merchandise - "My Little Topelius"
Zacharias Topelius is fondly remembered as a storyteller and a favourite of children. He was also an ambitious young journalist, poet, literary pioneer and skilful pop… https://t.co/NSPNg49Dp7

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My Cuphead Oc, Cara Mell!
She’s a poet, likes to read books and is a sucker for rom-coms.

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A round of applause for ! Singer-songwriter, poet, "wrote that gay song"

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James Ingelgren was a Swedish and this particular student chose to part of his "Eventide" in her album (1904)

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Hi! It’s a bright and sunny day! Picture book enthusiast, artist, poet, blogger, elementary school teacher, and third generation Alaskan (!) has a new interview in her Simply 7 series with and .illustration. Click the link… https://t.co/x5rOTsr2w8

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Walt Whitman (31 May 1819—26 Mar 1892), U.S. poet, journalist, essayist.

"His verse collection Leaves of Grass a landmark in history of American literature."

📷 Engraving by Gabriel Harrison, 1854
📷 Brady-Handy Coll., 1860-65
📷 Mathew Brady, 1871
📷 George C. Cox, 1887

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Nikolay Gumilyov (1886 - 1921). Russian poet, literary critic, traveler.

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of Jupiter and Juno. House of the Tragic Poet, Ruins https://t.co/Mn7qUTMx5l

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Jan Pieter Veth (1864-1925) was a Dutch painter, poet, art critic and university lecturer. He is especially noted as a portrait painter.

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Happy Birthday (born 7 May 1946) children's novelist and poet, former Children's Laureate, TV presenter and political columnist. I love his books.

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No professional song writer or poet, but I thought of this, & as tears fell upon my face - I felt their presence on me... The Rink In The Sky

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Giorgio de Chrico - The Uncertainty of the Poet, 1913. Oil on canvas, Tate Modern, London, UK

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Poet by . This week, young leaders will learn about George Moses Horton...an enslaved poet, who became the first African American to be published in the South, writing poetry that protested his enslavement.

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Born 1788 George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS, known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. Flamboyant and notorious, Byron was both celebrated and castigated during his life for his excesses

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125 years since New Zealand women achieved the vote! The first country to do so. I'm so pleased to be able to mark the occasion by having a portrait of mine on display in a memorial exhibition this March for wonderful kiwi poet, activist & lesbian Heather McPherson

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Every poet, every artist feels when he gets to the end of his work, there has been an extra hand in the making and something essential that is left out.
There is nothing random about this random shot! 💛💫💡

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