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Jane Weir or Jean Weir (died 1670), was a Scottish woman executed for witchcraft. She was the sister of Major Thomas Weir who was charged with incest and witchcraft in 1670 and was subsequently executed. [1] [2] [3] Weir was born near Carluke in Lanarkshire.
The 2004 AQA Anthology was a collection of poems and short texts. The anthology was split into several sections covering poems from other cultures, the poetry of Seamus Heaney, [4] Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage, and a bank of pre-1914 poems. There was also a section of prose pieces, which could have been studied in schools ...
The first, New and Selected Poems: Volume One, was released in 1992 through Beacon Press. A second, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver , was published in 2017 through Penguin Press. Reviews for both collections were positive and the books received praise from Stephen Dobyns of The New York Times Book Review , Rita Dove , of The ...
The poem and poppy are prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada, where "In Flanders Fields" is one of the nation's best-known literary works. The poem is also widely known in the United States, where it is associated with Veterans Day and Memorial Day.
Poppies (film) - Children's BBC remembrance animation "Poppies", a song by Patti Smith Group from their 1976 album Radio Ethiopia "Poppies", the first track on the debut album by Marcy Playground. Remembrance poppy, commemorates soldiers who have died in war; mainly used in current and former Commonwealth states.
Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read, relish and recite by Gyles Brandreth; Other books mentioned during this episode include: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Bossypants by Tina Fey, I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry, The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye and I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell.
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A collection of his own previously published and new poetry, The Weir: Poems by Peter Dickinson, was published on the occasion of his 80th birthday in 2007, as a gift from his four children. His last works were Earth and Air (Small Beer Press, 2012), and In the Palace of the Khans (Peter Dickinson Books, 2012).