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A Poet Wore Plastic Bags On the Street Until Kind Stranger Hears His Dream

He lived on a San Paulo street corner for 18 years, with black plastic bags wrapped around him and long tangled hair and beard hiding his face. This 75-year-old man could be seen every day, hunched over writing. Though homeless for 34 years, Raimundo was well-read and in April 2011, he was befriended by a young woman who was impressed by his poetry. She wanted to help him realize his dream of publishing a book, but neither could have guessed what happened when someone from the past saw the Facebook post.

Love Letters of Barrett, Browning Go Online

In honor of Valentine's Day, the 573 love letters between Elizabeth Barrett and her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning, are available online for the first time, revealing their courtship, their blossoming love and their forbidden marriage.

President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

Today, President Barack Obama named fifteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor. The Medal of Freedom is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. Mr. Obama described the annual awards as one of his favorite duties.

"An Awakening" Thanks to Cancer

I'm a true example that you can survive cancer not once, but twice. I would have never become a writer, producing inspirational poems and stories, if I had not gone through all that I did, and I am truly grateful.