Welcome to Art & Verse!
In this episode, we celebrate:
- Khalil Gibran (1883): Visionary Lebanese American poet, philosopher, and artist, best known for The Prophet, a timeless work blending Eastern and Western philosophies on love, freedom, and self-discovery.
- Carl Sandburg (1878): Celebrated American poet known for his stark realism in collections like Chicago Poems and Cornhuskers, as well as his biography of Abraham Lincoln.
- Jacobo Timerman (1923): Fearless Argentine journalist and author of Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number, who exposed the brutality of Argentina’s dictatorship and became a symbol of courage in the fight for human rights.
Our featured poem is Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, from his collection New Hampshire, published in 1923 by Henry Holt and Company.
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