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David Russell Ferry (March 5, 1924 – November 5, 2023) was an American poet, translator, and educator. [1] He published eight collections of his poetry and a volume of literary criticism. He won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2012 collection Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations .
The natural environment of the Pacific Northwest was the subject of much of David Wagoner's poetry. He cited his move from the Midwest as a defining moment: "[W]hen I came over the Cascades and down into the coastal rainforest for the first time in the fall of 1954, it was a big event for me, it was a real crossing of a threshold, a real change of consciousness.
"The Sparrows Nest" is a lyric poem written by William Wordsworth at Town End, Grasmere, in 1801.It was first published in the collection Poems in Two Volumes in 1807.. The poem is a moving tribute to Wordsworth's sister Dorothy, recalling their early childhood together in Cockermouth before they were separated following their mother's death in 1778 when he was barely eight years old.
The moment I read those words, I know just how he felt. When I had to put my own dog to sleep, after a long bout with terminal cancer, I remember lying on my bed crying unable to think about ...
David Wolf Budbill was born on June 13, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio.He studied philosophy and art history at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. In 1967, he graduated from college with a degree in theology, and from the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he was influenced by the writings of Thomas Merton.
David Whyte (born 2 November 1955) is an Anglo-Irish poet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He has said that all of his poetry and philosophy are based on "the conversational nature of reality". [ 4 ] His book The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (1994) topped the best-seller charts in the United States.
David Hughes (born 1947) is a Welsh writer. He is the originator of the phrase "ambition is critical", which was made famous by its appearance in the 1997 film Twin Town [ 1 ] and has regularly been misattributed to fellow Swansea poet Dylan Thomas .
For other parents, the decision of when to pierce their baby's ears comes down to a desire to save their child from pain when they're older. Jennifer Kremer of Sellersburg, Ind. took both of her ...