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Contrary to popular belief, the poem is not about the death of Field's son, who died several years after its publication. Field once admitted that the words "Little Boy Blue" occurred to him when he needed a rhyme for the seventh line in the first stanza. The poem first appeared in 1888 in the Chicago weekly literary journal America. Its editor ...
The work hybridizes several prose and poetry styles as it documents Nelson's multifaceted experience with the color blue, and is often referred to as lyric essay or prose poetry. [1] [2] It was written between 2003 and 2006. [3] [4] The book is a philosophical and personal meditation on the color blue, lost love, grief and existential solitude.
A Several World was the 2014 recipient of the James Laughlin Award [2] and was a longlist finalist for the National Book Award. [3] The book takes its title from a 17th-century poem by Robert Herrick, and deals with questions about subjectivity and individuality versus the collective. [4]
Poems of 1912–1913 are an elegiac sequence written by Thomas Hardy in response to the death of his wife Emma, in November 1912.An unsentimental meditation upon a complex marriage, [1] the sequence's emotional honesty and direct style made its poems some of the most effective and best-loved lyrics in the English language.
Joyce Carol Thomas (May 25, 1938 – August 13, 2016) [1] was an African-American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and author of more than 30 children's books. Background [ edit ]
The death of Thomas saw the break-up of the community. Abercrombie, Brooke, Drinkwater and Gibson were poets who had contributed to The Westminster Gazette and were considered Georgian poets . The 'Georgian' style, particularly its versification, fell out of favour in the 1920s and 1930s, but at the time was considered 'advanced', and a ...
Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963) was a Welsh poet, illustrator, BBC broadcaster, and journalist. She was born Blodwen Myfanwy Haycock in Pontnewynydd , Wales , near Pontypool , in the traditional county of Monmouthshire , .
2010 Student Poetry Contest Winners :: S-4 Category – Grades 7 & 8. 1st place Maria Abrams, Bedford, NY for the poem "Sentences" 2nd place Domonique, Hampton, VA for the poem "Just Because" 3rd place Heidi Ziegra, Edgecomb, ME for the poem “Blue Jay, Black Cat” 1st Honorable Mention Corey Albright, Bedford NY, for the poem "The Bus"