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45 Grandparents Day Poems. 1. “Grandma’s Secret Recipe” by Unknown. Mixing up a potion, and I’m by her side. With a sprinkle of laughter and a pinch of “I love you.”. Grandma’s ...
The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
Contents. You can shed tears that she is gone. " You can shed tears that she is gone... " is the opening line of a piece of popular verse, based on a short prose poem, " Remember Me ", written in 1982 by English painter and poet David Harkins (born 14 November 1958). The verse – sometimes also known as " She Is Gone " – has often been given ...
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. [1] [2] (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets, [2] her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children's literature.
Erma Louise Bombeck (née Fiste; February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper humor column describing suburban home life, syndicated from 1965 to 1996. She published fifteen books, most of which became bestsellers. Between 1965 and April 17, 1996 – five days before her death ...
Sharon Olds. Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet. Olds won the first San Francisco Poetry Center Award in 1980, [1] the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award, [2] and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. [3] She teaches creative writing at New York University and is a previous director of the Creative Writing Program at NYU.
For the studio album by Mark Lanegan, see Blues Funeral. " Funeral Blues ", or " Stop all the clocks ", is a poem by W. H. Auden which first appeared in the 1936 play The Ascent of F6. Auden substantially rewrote the poem several years later as a cabaret song for the singer Hedli Anderson. Both versions were set to music by the composer ...
Contents. Ogden Nash. Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times to be the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.