National Poetry Month~ April 4

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Dogs in a Market Listen to Rūmī, Who Praises their Understanding and Attention (detail)
from a Turkish translation of Aflaki’s life of Mevlana Jalal Al-Din Rumi

1590s / MS M.466, fol. 66v / 7 7/8″x5 1/10″ / The Morgan Library & Museum, NY, NY

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Jalal al-Din Rumi~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jalal-al-din-rumi

Jazz Appreciation Month: Album Cover Art~ April 3

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Capitol presents The King Cole Trio volume 1 of 4

1944 / Capitol Records BD-8 / 78 RPM 4-record set / Cover: Charles Winfield Meggs

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Nat King Cole’s Album No.1 On The First Ever Billboard Chart~
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/nat-king-coles-album-no-1-on-the-first-ever-billboard-chart/

National Poetry Month~ April 2

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Virgil inspired by the muses Clio and Melpomene

Beginning of 3c A.D. / Marble mosaic / Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia

Virgil~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/virgil

 


The Poet Ovidiu at Tomis
by Ion Theodorescu Sion

1916 / Oil on plywood / 14 3/5″x17″ / Private collection

Ovid~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ovid

National Poetry Month~ April 1

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Portrait of the Poet Homer by Unknown (Flemish?) Artist

1639 / Oil on panel / 28 3/8″x22 3/8″ / The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

Homer~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/homer

 

 

Sappho by Gustav Klimt

1888 / Oil on canvas / 15 1/3″x12 2/5″ / Vienna Museum, Austria

Sappho~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sappho