Mark Watson (born February 13, 1980) U.K. comedian, novelist – Eleven (2010)
Lenard Duane Moore (born February 13, 1958) – U.S. poet, essayist
Read more about Lenard Moore here and here
Some of Lenard Moore's poetry here
Examples of Moore's haiku poetry:
wind chimes
a robin stops
to listen
from The Open Eye: Haiku (1985)
cleaning his weapon
a soldier
with the hot sun
setting in his eyes
from Desert Storm: A Brief History (1993)
Faiz Ahmad Faiz (born February 13, 1911) – Punjabi poet
Read the Authors Calendar biography of Faiz Ahmad Faiz here
Listen to U.S. Library of Congress recordings of Faiz reading his poetry
http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/faiz.html
Loneliness
Loneliness like a good, old friend
visits my house to pour wine in the evening.
And we sit together, waiting for the moon,
and for your face to sparkle in every shadow.
Georges Simenon (born February 13, 1903) – Belgian novelist, detective fiction – My Friend Maigret