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  2. Lorna Goodison - Wikipedia

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    Lorna Gaye Goodison CD (born 1 August 1947) [1] is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, a leading West Indian writer, whose career spans four decades. She is now Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature/Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, previously serving as the Lemuel A. Johnson Professor of English and African and Afroamerican Studies.

  3. Footprints (poem) - Wikipedia

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    "Footprints," also known as "Footprints in the Sand," is a popular modern allegorical Christian poem. It describes a person who sees two pairs of footprints in the sand, one of which belonged to God and another to themselves. At some points the two pairs of footprints dwindle to one; it is explained that this is where God carried the protagonist.

  4. A Psalm of Life - Wikipedia

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    Answering a reader's question about the poem in 1879, Longfellow himself summarized that the poem was "a transcript of my thoughts and feelings at the time I wrote, and of the conviction therein expressed, that Life is something more than an idle dream." [13] Richard Henry Stoddard referred to the theme of the poem as a "lesson of endurance". [14]

  5. Vera Bell - Wikipedia

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    Vera Bell or Vera Alberta [1] or Albertha [2] Bell (born 1906; date of death unknown) was a Jamaican poet, short-story writer and playwright. [3] [4] Her 1948 poem "Ancestor on the Auction Block" has been anthologized several times [5] [6] although a 2005 review of The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse says "some of the earlier poems survive only as amusing museum pieces, such as Vera Bell's ...

  6. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Wikipedia

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    After her death, Longfellow had difficulty writing poetry for a time and focused on translating works from foreign languages. Longfellow died in 1882. Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas.

  7. These wise quotes from Maya Angelou will inspire you every day

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    Beyond her famous quote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,” Angelou's words offer incredible insight into the human condition.

  8. Laura Vanderkam - Wikipedia

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    Vanderkam became interested in time management while working as a journalist, when she interviewed accomplished people who juggled busy schedules. [3] In October 2016, she presented a TED talk called "How to gain control of your free time". [4] She has written for Fortune, [5] USA Today, Redbook, The Wall Street Journal, [6] and The New York Times.

  9. Footprints in the Sand (Edgel Groves song) - Wikipedia

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    The B-side is an instrumental version of the song with narration of the poem by disc jockey Johnny Dark. [ 2 ] The song has no relation to a 1961 song "Footprints In The Sand" written by Gwynn Elias & Irving Reid which was recorded by Garry Mills , which begins "I was to meet my baby", and then by The Marcels with the refrain "I saw those ...

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