National Poetry Month~ April 4

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

National Poetry Month~ April 2

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