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Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. Poets, like any artist, exist within a cultural and intellectual tradition and generally write in a specific language, but the qualities which comprise good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity.

In the English language, poets often considered to be some of the very best include Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Walt Whitman, and T.S. Eliot. In the Western tradition, Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Goethe round out a basic list. In world poetry, Li Bai, Du Fu, Basho, and Omar Khayyám complete one defensible canon. Unfortunately, the very definition of a canon is political and personal, and so no objectivity can be pretended to. For a young poor African-American New Yorker, Patricia Smith may very well be the foremost poet who ever lived. An Australian might see the work of Banjo Paterson as epitomizing universal human values. The French may demand the inclusion of Baudelaire; a homosexual, Allen Ginsberg. No matter how large or small of a group is defined, the list of definitive poets would change, just as the notion of poetry itself cannot be strictly defined. Perhaps the best approach is simply to rely on numerous inclusionist lists:

Bad poets are sometimes called poetasters and what they write is sometimes termed doggerel.

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Visitors to the Buffalo Museum of Science today will help raise money for this summer's Juneteenth Festival. The third "Breathe Your Ancestors' Air" celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. today at the museum will feature poetry and music. Read more at BuffaloNews.com Live.

Staff Reports Western, cowboy, and Indian artists are invited to apply for the Genoa Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival, April 29 to May 2. The juried art show includes a preview reception and two days of gallery showings of the artists' work for sale. Jurying fee is $20. After being accepted, the gallery fee is $125. The Genoa Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival is sponsored by the Town of Genoa and the ...

TODAY, 7:30 p.m.:The Screening Room Series reading featuring Rodney Barnes and D. B. Hands, plus a video by William Kothe. Additional reading slots available. The Northtown Plaza Business Center, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst.

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International human rights attorney Eric Sirotkin will present excerpts from his film, "Committing Poetry in Times of War," on Friday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at the Friends Meetinghouse, 3224 N. Gordon Pl. Sirotkin will lead a dialogue at Woodland Pattern Book Center on Saturday, March 20 at 2 p.m. Both events are free.

ABU DHABI - The National Library of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) launched the largest electronic encyclopedia for Arab poetry.