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The Poet (1998 Film)
The Poet may refer to: * ''The Poet'' (album), an album by Bobby Womack * The Poet (essay), an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson * The Poet (1956 film), a Soviet drama film * The Poet (1998 film) *The Poet (2007 film), a Canadian drama film *The Poet (novel), a novel by Michael Connelly * ''The Poet'' (painting), a painting by Russian-French artist Marc Chagall * The Poets, a band from Glasgow *The Poet, a band from Puerto Rico *Peter Costa (poker player) Peter Costa (born 27 January 1956, in Cyprus) to Greek Cypriot parents is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most well known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular ''Late Night Poker'' television se ..., a professional poker player whose nickname is "The Poet" See also * Poet (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Poet, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet (album)
''The Poet'' is the thirteenth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released in November 1981, by Beverly Glen Music. The album reached the top of the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Black Albums chart due to the success of the single "If You Think You're Lonely Now", which peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Black Singles chart. Track listing Personnel *Bobby Womack - guitar, lead vocals *Nathan East, David Shields - bass *Dorothy Ashby - harp, percussion *David T. Walker - guitar *Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Paulinho da Costa - percussion *James Gadson - drums *Patrick Moten, Dale Ramsey - keyboards *Regina Womack, Sally Womack, Vincent Womack, Tondalei - handclaps *Cecil Womack, Curtis Womack, Friendly Womack, Jr., The Waters, Richard Griffin, Fernando Harkless, John Parham, Jon Rami - backing vocals ;Technical *Otis Smith - executive producer *Avi Kipper, Barney Perkins, Robert Battaglia - engineer *Greg Fulg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet (essay)
"The Poet" is an essay by U.S. writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, written between 1841 and 1843 and published in his '' Essays: Second Series'' in 1844. It is not about "men of poetical talents, or of industry and skill in meter, but of the true poet." Emerson begins the essay with the premise that man is naturally incomplete, since he "is only half himself, the other half is his expression." Emerson says that a poet represents humanity, as one that acknowledges interdependence between the material and spiritual world: Overview In the essay, Emerson expresses the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices: The final lines in the essay read as follows: Insights The essay offers a profound look at the poem and its role in society. In a paragraph mid-essay, Emerson observes: Influence The essay played an instrumental role in the 1855 appearance of the first edition of Walt Whitman's collection of poems, ''Leaves o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet (1956 Film)
''The Poet'' (russian: Поэт) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Boris Barnet. Plot The film takes place during the Civil War in the port city, which organizes poetic evenings. Two local poets successfully perform there. One of them later joins the white army and the other - red. Cast * Nikolay Kryuchkov as Nikolai Tzarev, communist leader * Izolda Izvitskaya as Olga, communist agent * Sergey Dvoretskiy as Nikolai Tarasov, communist poet (as S. Dvorzhetsky) * Zoya Fyodorova as Katherine Tarasova, mother of Nikolai (as Z. Fyodorova) * I. Kolin as Pharmacist * Olga Vikland as Pharmacist's wife * Pyotr Aleynikov as Stepan - Red Army soldier * Vsevolod Larionov as Sergei Orlovsky - anti-communist * Georgiy Georgiu as Father Orlovsky * Ivan Koval-Samborsky as Colonel * Vera Altayskaya as Secretary * Pyotr Berezov as Artist * Valentin Gaft as French soldier * Tatyana Guretskaya as Communist agent * Rina Zelyonaya Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (russian: link=no, Е ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet (1998 Film)
The Poet may refer to: * ''The Poet'' (album), an album by Bobby Womack * The Poet (essay), an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson * The Poet (1956 film), a Soviet drama film * The Poet (1998 film) *The Poet (2007 film), a Canadian drama film *The Poet (novel), a novel by Michael Connelly * ''The Poet'' (painting), a painting by Russian-French artist Marc Chagall * The Poets, a band from Glasgow *The Poet, a band from Puerto Rico *Peter Costa (poker player) Peter Costa (born 27 January 1956, in Cyprus) to Greek Cypriot parents is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most well known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular ''Late Night Poker'' television se ..., a professional poker player whose nickname is "The Poet" See also * Poet (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Poet, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet (2007 Film)
''The Poet'' is a 2007 Canadian drama film starring Nina Dobrev, Colm Feore, Roy Scheider, Kim Coates and Daryl Hannah. It was written by Jack Crystal and directed by Damian Lee, with an estimated budget of CAD $11 million. It was released in the United States as ''Hearts of War''. Plot In the early days of World War II in Poland, Rachel, a rabbi's daughter, is headed home when she runs into a snow storm and falls unconscious. She is rescued by Oscar Koenig, an officer in the German Army working undercover to search out resistance fighters. Over the next few days, Oscar nurses Rachel back to health and in the process the two fall in love, bonding over the poetry that Oscar writes. German soldiers destroy Rachel's village, killing her family. Oscar helps Rachel and Rachel's fiancé, Bernard, escape into the woods, but he refuses to accompany them, despite Rachel's pleas. Oscar goes back to his daily routine, scouting for his father, General Koenig, with whom Oscar has a rough rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet (novel)
''The Poet'' is the fifth novel by American author Michael Connelly. Published in 1996, it is the first of Connelly's novels not to feature Detective Harry Bosch and first to feature Crime Reporter Jack McEvoy. A sequel, ''The Narrows (Connelly novel), The Narrows'', was published in 2004.''The Narrows'' at MichaelConnelly.com Novel listing on the official website of author Michael Connelly; Accessed on June 2, 2007 ''The Poet'' won the 1997 Dilys Award. The story is told in first-person narrative from the perspective of reporter Jack McEvoy. At times, a first-person narrative is also used for a mysterious character named "wikt:eidolon, Eidolon". And, while telling the story from the viewpoint of pedophile William Gladden, Connelly uses third-person narrative. The book also featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet (painting)
The Poet may refer to: * ''The Poet'' (album), an album by Bobby Womack * The Poet (essay), an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson * The Poet (1956 film), a Soviet drama film *The Poet (1998 film) *The Poet (2007 film), a Canadian drama film *The Poet (novel), a novel by Michael Connelly * ''The Poet'' (painting), a painting by Russian-French artist Marc Chagall * The Poets, a band from Glasgow *The Poet, a band from Puerto Rico *Peter Costa (poker player) Peter Costa (born 27 January 1956, in Cyprus) to Greek Cypriot parents is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most well known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular ''Late Night Poker'' television se ..., a professional poker player whose nickname is "The Poet" See also * Poet (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Poet, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poets
The Poets were a Scottish blues, freakbeat and psychedelic pop band, who were managed and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Some of their singles were released on his label, Immediate Records. Their cover version of "Baby Don't You Do It" was produced by Immediate in-house record producer, Paul Raven (Gary Glitter). Musically, the band's style contained elements of both the hard R&B of the early Small Faces (both bands would cover "Baby Don't You Do It") and the Action along with the more melodic sounds of the Kinks, the Searchers and the later period Small Faces. Visually, they sported an Edwardian look similar to the early Kinks with matching velvet jackets, ruffled shirts, tight pants, Beatle Boots and shag haircuts. Within the West of Scotland however, their look was interpreted as based on the poet Robert Burns' appearance in paintings of his time. Their 1964 single "Now We're Thru'" was a No. 31 hit on the UK Singles Chart. However, later singles were not chart succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Costa (poker Player)
Peter Costa (born 27 January 1956, in Cyprus) to Greek Cypriot parents is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is most well known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular ''Late Night Poker'' television series during his time living in the United Kingdom, where he defeated Austria's Jin Cai Lin in the final heads-up encounter to take the £60,000 first prize. He was formerly nicknamed ''"The Silver Fox"'', a nickname shared by fellow poker player Mel Judah. Costa has made four final tables at the World Series of Poker (WSOP): * 2002 $2,000 limit Texas hold 'em - 9th place ($17,200) * 2003 $2,500 seven-card stud - 9th place ($3,600) * 2005 $1,500 limit Texas hold 'em - 7th place ($57,905) * 2006 $3,000 Omaha hi/lo - 7th place ($38,861) Costa was nominated for both the 2002 and 2003 European Poker Player of the Year awards. In addition, Costa won the Aussie Millions tournament in 2003, and at one time held the record for winning the limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |