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William Bliss Carman was born on April 15, 1861, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. While at school, Carman discovered a love of classical literature through the poetry of Dante Rossetti and Algernon Swinburne. It inspired him to write, and he published his first poem in the University's monthly paper in 1879. Overall, William Carman published 13 books of poetry and several books of prose...

John Mullen was attached to the art world for 11 years while he worked to supply an artist with ideas (and got paid a pittance for it). However, that job allowed him the space to steep himself in art (and literature, to a point). Mullen has a real love for artists and feels that they contribute to society in more ways than is appreciated. He also believes that the imagination (taking from Blakean...

Ardelia Marie Cotton was Born July 22, 1836, in Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, to Henry Page Cotton and Emeline Seiders. She married Benjamin Franklin Barton in 1872, ended up moving to California at some point, and passed on November 9, 1914, at the age of 78. During her life, she wrote at least five books that we know of, most of them poetry collections, all of which received favorable review...

( Explicit warning for disturbing visuals ) Brandon D. Henry is a Texas-based author who's been writing and publishing for over twenty years. He specializes in writing horror stories and gothic poems and likes to draw inspiration from both fantasy and fact. Henry has 48 horror collections published through Straightjacket Publications, and you can find them all through his Amazon profile . We a...

Hello! It's me, Erynn- the creator and host of the Present Poetry Podcast! Earlier this month was Present Poetry's ONE-YEAR anniversary, and I cannot thank you enough for the support you've given this podcast. To celebrate, we're expanding! Present Poetry now has a Twitter Account , a Facebook Page , and (very soon), a Website! Thank you again, and I hope you enjoy more Present Poe...

Walter Horatio Pater was born on August 4, 1839, and was the second son of Dr. Richard Pater. After his father's untimely death, Walter's family moved to Enfield, where Walter attended the Enfield Grammar School until 1853 when he left to attend the King's School in Canterbury. While there, Walter read John Ruskin's Modern Painters, which inspired a love of art and prose. He eventu...

Anne Hunter was born to Robert Boyne Home of Greenlaw Castle, Berwickshire, in 1742. She was the eldest daughter, and while we don't know much about her early life, we do know that She began writing as early as the 1760s. In 1765, her lyrical poem "Flowers of the Forest" was published in The Lark , an Edinburgh periodical, and offered her a moment of fame. In 1771, she married acclai...

Ali Ashhar is a poet, short story writer, and columnist from Jaunpur, India. He is the author of Mirror of Emotions , a poetry collection published by Notion Press in 2021. Following the release of his book, he was chosen as the Best Debut Author for the year 2021 by The Indian Awaz. Ashhar was also the recipient of an India Prime 100 Authors Award. His works have been published extensively in the...

K.G. Munro is an author and poet from Scotland. Her poetry has been featured in numerous publications, such as Indian Periodical , Poetry Potion , Splendeur magazine , A Thin Slice of Anxiety , Spillwords , Fevers of the Mind , Friday Flash Fiction , and Poet Magazine . She also has a poetry collection coming out soon.

Joel O'Connor is an Australian poet who likes to draw on scientific research to create poems about the connection between science and magic in the natural world. His love of poetry began in his younger years, and he won his high school's poetry award during his last two years there. That award inspired him to create Poetry Australia, a non-profit organization to help promote and support po...

(Marked explicit for light use of adult language) Hannah Pearl is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, with a degree in psychology. Over the years, she has worked in special education and customer service. Pearl is a published author with A.B. Baird Publishing . The company saw potential in Pearl’s poetry, which is how her debut collection- Laughing with My Hair Up- was born. She is also published in the...

(marked explicit for the usage of old slang words that may be offensive ) John Keats was born on October 31, 1795, in Moorgate. His parents were Thomas and Francis Keats, and John was the eldest of four children. While attending the Clarke's School, Keats enjoyed the classics and history, but he left to study medicine after his mother passed in 1810. However, his love of writing never wavered,...

If you write poetry, I want to read it!!! That's why Present Poetry Podcast offers this  OPEN SUBMISSION CALL  for poets of all ages, types, and genres!  Submit a biography, links you want to share, and five (5) poems to  PresentPoetryPodcast@Gmail.com  or through the form at  LadyErynn.com/Present-poetry-podcast.  Any length, style, genre, and subject are welcome, but please include a content...

Evaleen Stein was born on October 12, 1863, in Lafayette, Indiana, where she remained for her entire life. In 1886, Evaleen wrote her first poem and sent it to the Indianapolis Journal for publication. They loved it, and she contributed to the journal (and other newspapers) for several years. This was only the beginning of Evaleen's writing career, and she published eleven volumes of stories a...

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was born in La Celle Saint Cloud, France, on July 27, 1870. His father was Louis Belloc, a French lawyer, and his mother was renowned English writer and women's advocate Bessie Rayner Parks. Hilaire married Elodie Hogan, his long-time love, on June 15, 1896, after his graduation from Oxford. The two had five children before her death in 1914. During his distin...

Virna Sheard was born Virna Stanton on April 12, 1860, just after the Vernal Equinox. She lived in Cobourg, Ontario, with her aunt as her parents- photographer Eldridge Stanton and his wife Elizabeth- traveled through the US taking war pictures. She later moved to Toronto to attend school and remained there for the rest of her life. In 1884, she married Dr. Charles Sheared, Toronto's first chi...

James William Foley was born on February 4th, 1874, in St. Louis, Mo. He moved to Fort Abraham Lincoln in North Dakota in the late 1870s, following his father's career as a military man. There, James attended school until the family moved to Bismark, where he eventually graduated from high school in 1888. He then moved to Medora for a year to attend the University of South Dakota before spendi...

James Parkerson is a tragic example of a poet lost to history because, despite my research, there are very few facts about this poet to offer you. I do know that he was English-born and lived in Norwich for most of his life. He's also the eldest son, as indicated by his full name of James Parkerson Junior, and was possibly a religious or spiritual type. He published nine collections of poetry...

Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa was born on June 13, 1888, in Lisbon, Portugal. In 1896, Fernando sailed to South Africa with his mother to join his stepfather, a consul in Durban. There, he received his education at the St. Joseph Convent School, run by Irish and French nuns. In 1899, Fernando moved to the Durban High School and quickly became fluent in English. He also developed an appreciation...

Brandon Nguyen was born in California where he continues to live. Following the nationwide pandemic, he would often write his thoughts down in the form of poetry. Flowers, sunsets, and whatever else he saw helped inspire what he writes today. When he's not writing poetry, Brandon enjoys reading, making coffee, cooking, and video games. Brandon submitted his poetry through the form at Present-P...

Vibha Kashyap is a high school student interested in the creative arts, and they're eager to share their talents with the world. They enjoy expressing themselves through art (especially poetry) and use it to navigate their inner pains and joys. Their greatest goal in life is to reach someone they don't know and connect with them through their emotional poetry.

George Lansing Raymond was born in September of 1839 to Benjamin Wright Raymond, the twice-elected mayor of Chicago, and his wife, Amelia. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover before graduating in 1858 and moving on to Williams College, where he became a prominent member of the Kappa Alpha Society. He then studied at the Princeton theological seminary, where he studied philosophy. After graduat...

Maxwell Bodenheim was born on May 26th, 1892, in Hermanville, Mississippi. In 1900, when Maxwell was eight, the family moved from Mississippi to Chicago. Maxwell remained under the radar until 1912 when he met writer Ben Hecht. The two quickly formed a literary friendship, and Bodenheim published his first poem in 1914, then again in 1917. He married his first wife, Minna, in 1918. They had a son,...

Stuart Brkn Johns was born in 1979 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has a deep passion for poetry and is often compelled to express his thoughts and emotions in diverse literary forms, from Prose to Haiku, depending on the creative inspiration of the moment. In 2012, he was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, which has led to some unique challenges in his personal and professional lif...

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was born on April 9, 1821, in Paris, France to Joseph-Francois Baudelaire (a French civil servant and amateur artist) and his young wife, Caroline. After his father died and his mother remarried, Charles was sent to Lyon for education and boarded there for several years. One of his classmates described him as "much more refined and distinguished than any of our fello...