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Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker.
After 1860, many Irish sang songs about signs and notices reading "Help wanted – no Irish need apply" or similar. [37] The 1862 protest song "No Irish Need Apply", written and performed by Mrs F. R. Phillips, [38] was inspired by such signs in London. Later Irish Americans adapted the lyrics and the songs to reflect the discrimination they ...
Different 'Round Here is the debut studio album by American country music singer Riley Green. It was released on September 20, 2019, via Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment . Content
Like many of the poems in North of Boston, "Mending Wall" narrates a story drawn from rural New England. [3] The narrator, a New England farmer, contacts his neighbor in the spring to rebuild the stone wall between their two farms. As the men work, the narrator questions the purpose of a wall "where it is we do not need the wall" (23).
"Different 'Round Here" is a song by American country music singer Riley Green. Originally recorded by Green on his 2019 album Different 'Round Here , it was re-recorded in 2023 as a duet with Luke Combs and released on May 11, 2023 as the lead single from Green's second studio album Ain't My Last Rodeo .
The City, St pauls, with the River & a multitude of little Boats, made a most beautiful sight as we crossed Westminster Bridge. The houses were not overhung by their cloud of smoke & they were spread out endlessly, yet the sun shone so brightly with such a pure light that there was even something like the purity of one of nature's own grand ...
The poem inspired Terrance Hayes' creation of the poetic form "golden shovel". The poem was printed in the booklet of Chicago metalcore band The Killing Tree's 2003 We Sing Sin, whose title is a reference to the poem. It is referenced in the song "We Real Cool" by the band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 2013 album Push the Sky Away.
Essex Hemphill was born April 16, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, [2] to Warren and Mantalene Hemphill, and was the second eldest of five children. Early in his life, he moved to Washington D.C. where he attended Ballou High School. [3]