Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory was a sponsor of the arts in general, and Yeats in particular. Together, they co-founded The Abbey Theater. A dramatist, she would supply whatever kind of play the Abbey needed.

_{Sappho, an Ancient Greek poet. Long after her death, her poems were largely destroyed under suspicion that she’d been a lesbian. (She did live on Lesbos, after all.)}

Rumi is a 13th century mystic with great influence on Islam. He’d go into a trance, and dictate poems to his scribe.

These are great ideas, and fun to read. Yes, the research does seem like it would be a daunting task, though.

Impressive depth of information…fun and educational ficlets, or infotainment. Edutainment? Enterducation?

Impressive depth of information…fun and educational ficlets, or infotainment. Edutainment? Enterducation?
Putting all of my college English classes to work for once?

i like these

and YEAH finally someone ive heard of…Rumi!
I havent read any of his poems :/ BUT i dont study writers i study artists and i HAVE studied an artists who used the works of Rumi in her art..thus i have heard of him
and i have heard of the others – Frost, Yeats, Shakespeare (obviously) but you lost me on some of them lol

oh dear….i meant studied an artist