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John Anthony Ciardi (/ ˈ tʃ ɑːr d i / CHAR-dee; Italian:; June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf ...
Traits of the Aborigines of America (1822), a poem; A Sketch of Connecticut Forty Years Since (1824) Poems (1827) Evening Readings In History (1833) Letters to Young Ladies (1833), one of her best-known books; Sketches (1834) Poems (1834) Zinzendorff, and Other Poems (1836) Poetry for Children (1836) Olive Buds (1836) Letters to Mothers (1838 ...
Elizabeth Akers Allen (pen name, Florence Percy; October 9, 1832 – August 7, 1911) was an American poet and journalist.Her early poems appeared over the signature of "Florence Percy", and many of them were first published in the Portland Transcript.
Poems of the Imagination (1815–1843); Miscellaneous Poems (1845–) 1798 Her eyes are Wild 1798 Former title: Bore the title of "The Mad Mother" from 1798–1805 "Her eyes are wild, her head is bare," Poems founded on the Affections (1815–20); Poems of the Imagination (1827–32); Poems founded on the Affections (1836–) 1798 Simon Lee 1798
A Desultory poem, written on the Christmas Eve of 1794 "This is the time, when most divine to hear," 1794-6 1796 [Note 9] Monody on the Death of Chatterton. "O what a wonder seems the fear of death," 1790-1834 1794 The Destiny of Nations. A Vision "Auspicious Reverence! Hush all meaner song," 1796 1817 Ver Perpetuum. Fragment from an ...
Merwin grew up on this street in Union City, New Jersey, which was renamed for him in 2006.. W. S. Merwin was born in New York City on September 30, 1927. He grew up on the corner of Fourth Street and New York Avenue in Union City, New Jersey, and lived there until 1936, when his family moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Linda Pastan (May 27, 1932 – January 30, 2023) was an American poet of Jewish background. From 1991 to 1995 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. [1] She was known for writing short poems that address topics like family life, domesticity, motherhood, the female experience, aging, death, loss and the fear of loss, as well as the fragility of life and relationships.