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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.
The Poet Laureate of Iowa is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Iowa. The position was created July 1, 1999 by Subchapter 303.89 of the Iowa Code with a two-year renewable term. The position was created July 1, 1999 by Subchapter 303.89 of the Iowa Code with a two-year renewable term.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway built a 66-mile branch to What Cheer via Keswick in 1879 [4] [5] The town is named for Keswick, England, the home town of a local woman who had offered lodging to the track-laying crew. [6]
The collection was established as the Keswick Museum of Local and Natural History, a creation of the Keswick Literary and Scientific Society, in the Moot Hall, in 1873. [1] An important item in the original collection at the Moot Hall was a three-dimensional model of the Lake District, measuring 12 feet by 9 feet, made by Joseph and James ...
Emma and Frank struggled to make ends meet and often their major source of income was from Emma's short stories and poems. She also made money selling her art in the form of greeting cards. In 1904, Emma sold her first poem to Harper's Monthly. It was an eleven-verse poem titled “The Difference” and it appeared in the March issue.
Robert Dana (June 2, 1929 – February 6, 2010) was an American poet, who taught writing and English literature at Cornell College and many other schools, revived The North American Review and served as its editor during the years 1964–1968, and was the poet laureate for the State of Iowa from 2004 to 2008.
This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Keokuk County, Iowa, highlighting Keswick in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
It became home to the Keswick Museum of Local and Natural History, a creation of the Keswick Literary and Scientific Society, in 1873. [6] The museum collection included a three-dimensional model of the Lake District, measuring 12 feet by 9 feet, made by Joseph and James Flintoft in 1837. [ 6 ]