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Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets, along with his friend Anthony Hecht , of the World War II generation , Wilbur's work, often employing rhyme, and composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked by its wit, charm, and gentlemanly elegance.
These included poems about the Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament, a poem that sympathetically describes St. Joseph's crisis of faith, about the traumatic but purgatorial sense of loss experienced by St. Mary Magdalen after the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and about attending the Tridentine Mass on Christmas Day. [38]
The poem, like many of Oliver St. John Gogarty 's humorous verses, was written for the private amusement of his friends. In the summer of 1905, he sent a copy to James Joyce , then living in Trieste , via their common acquaintance Vincent Cosgrave.
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry.
The morning of his death he had written a poem containing the lines, "'You don't have to / prove anything,' my mother said. 'Just be ready / for what God sends.'" [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In 2008, the Stafford family gave William Stafford's papers, including the 20,000 pages of his daily writing, to the Special Collections Department at Lewis & Clark College.
The Richard Wilbur Award is an American poetry award and publishing prize given by University of Evansville in Indiana. It is named in honor of the American poet Richard Wilbur [ A ] and was established by William Baer , a professor at the University of Evansville.
The Waltons actor married Alma Gonzales in 1975, and they welcomed their first child, Richard Francisco Thomas, the following year. In 1981, the couple had triplets: Barbara Ayalla Thomas, Gwyneth ...
Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic a collection of children's poetry; Gilbert Sorrentino, Selected Poems 1958-1980; Gerald Stern, The Red Coal [21] Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise [21] Mark Strand, The Planet of Lost Things [21] Richard L. Tierney, Collected Poems; Michael Van Walleghen, More Trouble With the Obvious; David Wagoner ...