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Brian Jones (10 December 1938 – 25 June 2009) was a British poet.He was educated at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys and Selwyn College, Cambridge.. Jones' first major collection, Poems (consisting of his first book, The Madman in the Reading Room and thirty-seven other poems), was published in 1966, and proved to be successful.
Agnes of Rome, the saint from whom the poem takes its name, was a young girl of thirteen who suffered martyrdom in the reign of Diocletian: she is a companion to Sir Galahad. [ 1 ] Text
Poetry reading by Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda at the Cafe Gutenberg in Richmond, VA. October 2005. Executive Director, Poetry Society of Virginia (2007-2013) [45] Poetry in the Schools Director, Poetry Society of Virginia (2001-2006) Poetry Editor with Jane Ellen Glasser, Issue #1, Lady Jane's Miscellany, San Francisco Bay Press
We Real Cool" is a poem written in 1959 by poet Gwendolyn Brooks and published in her 1960 book The Bean Eaters, her third collection of poetry. The poem has been featured on broadsides, re-printed in literature textbooks and is widely studied in literature classes. It is cited as "one of the most celebrated examples of jazz poetry". [1] [2] [3]
Hayden Carruth was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and grew up in Woodbury, Connecticut. [1] He graduated from Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, New York with the class of 1939 as vice president of the senior class; he was credited with the "prettiest hair."
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry.
Patterson was married to the writer Jenny Diski until her death in 2016. He appears as The Poet in her writing. [8] In 2017, he married the writer Olivia Laing. [9] He is the editor of Nemo's Almanac, according to The Guardian "the world's hardest book quiz".
Tanaya's interest in poetry began in her senior year of high school with the passing of her grandfather. Tanaya attended Stanford University and although she set out to become a lawyer, Tanaya switched to English in her sophomore year, graduating in 2008 with a BA in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing. [10]