Sumer made poetry become very popular and important, since lots of poems from ancient times are from Sumer. The Epic of Gilgamesh, was a very important and widely read epic poem in the ancient Middle … Tirohia kia nui ake

Lyrical poets who write sacred poetry ("hymnographers") differ from the usual image of poets in a number of ways. A hymnographer … Tirohia kia nui ake

• Reginald Gibbons (ed), The Poet's Work: 29 poets on the origins and practice of their art. University of Chicago Press (1979). Tirohia kia nui ake

Poets of earlier times were often well read and highly educated people while others were to a large extent self-educated. A few poets such as Tirohia kia nui ake

• List of poets
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• List of poetry groups and movements Tirohia kia nui ake