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"A Prayer for My Daughter" is a poem by William Butler Yeats written in 1919 and published in 1921 as part of Yeats' collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer.It is written to Anne, his daughter with Georgie Hyde-Lees, whom Yeats married after his last marriage proposal to Maud Gonne was rejected in 1916. [1]
It was conceived as a poem of the same name, written in 2000 by Neil Gaiman for his goddaughter Tash, the daughter of his friend Tori Amos. [1] In 2004, Neil Gaiman announced that Charles Vess was painting pictures to go with the poem, with the intention of publishing it as book. [2] [3] [4] The book was published in 2009 by HarperCollins. [5] [6]
Thor converses with Alvíss while protecting his daughter. Illustration by W. G. Collingwood "Sun Shines in the Hall" (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. Alvíssmál (Old Norse: 'The Song of All-wise' or 'The Words of All-wise') [1] [2] is a poem collected in the Poetic Edda, probably dating to the 12th century, that describes how the god Thor outwits a dwarf called Alvíss ("All-Wise") who seeks to ...
An Indigenous mom sharing a poem with her daughter on TikTok has viewers feeling empowered and emotional. Tia Wood is a singer and TikToker from Vancouver, Canada with 2.3 million followers. Wood ...
Letter to My Daughter (2009) is the third book of essays by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou.By the time it was published, Angelou had written two other books of essays, several volumes of poetry, and six autobiographies.
The following is the list of 244 poems attributed to Philip Larkin. Untitled poems are identified by their first lines and marked with an ellipsis.Completion dates are in the YYYY-MM-DD format, and are tagged "(best known date)" if the date is not definitive.
Nayyirah Waheed is a poet and author who has published two books of poetry and has been described as "perhaps the most famous poet on Instagram." [1] While Waheed is a reclusive writer who doesn't reveal many details about her life, [2] her poetry is frequently shared through social media accounts. Her poetry is known for being "short and ...
Her first book, My Father's Daughter, published in 1965, has been widely used as a literature text in schools all over the world, and her books have been translated into German, Danish, Norwegian and Greek. [1] Her work is included in the anthology Daughters of Africa (1992). [2]