Good Morning Digital Neighbors & Friends! I am still at a loss as to who the Poet, -e. h is. Erin Hanson seems to be a likely guess, but I am still not certain. Whoever -e. h is I think I appreciate the content of her or his poems even if I am not a fan on excessive rhyming in most poems. e e cummings will have to forgive me for the mis-accreditation of yesterday's offering to him. I am sure he has some wonderous poems, but right now -e. h has my limited attention and time, so lets explore some of more of her or his works. Many thanks to Uncle @Fred_Bourque for alerting me to the fact that e e is not much of a rhymer in his poems. I am sure they are great and perhaps one day will be explored by me in my curiosity, but today belongs to the unknown and perhaps enigmatic (at least to me) -e. h
I tried to find a text version I could copy into the body of this post, but it looks like I will have to post the image. As we all know, my typing, proof-reading and grammatical skills leave something to be desired, at least in the early am hours if not all the time. Better than image than the ???? On to Erin Hanson is she indeed be -e. h which would be awesome, and if not the exploration continues. Happy Sunday my friends.
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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