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It first appeared in Sandburg's first mainstream collection of poems, Chicago Poems, published in 1916. Sandburg has described the genesis of the poem. At a time when he was carrying a book of Japanese Haiku, he went to interview a juvenile court judge, and he had cut through Grant Park and saw the fog over Chicago harbor. He had certainly seen ...
First UK edition (publ. Faber & Faber) Epistle to a Godson and other poems is a book of poems by W. H. Auden, published in 1972. [1] [2]This book was the last book of poems that Auden completed in his lifetime; its successor, Thank You, Fog was left unfinished at his death.
First US edition (publ. Random House) Thank You, Fog: Last Poems by W. H. Auden is a posthumous book of poems by W. H. Auden, published in 1974.. The book contains poems written mostly in 1972 and 1973; after Auden's death in September 1973 it was prepared for publication by his literary executor Edward Mendelson, who also included an "antimasque" titled "The Entertainment of the Senses ...
A summer fog for fair, A winter fog for rain. A fact most everywhere, In valley or on plain. Fog is formed when the air cools enough that the vapour pressure encourages condensation over evaporation. In order for the air to be cool on a summer night, the sky must be clear, so excess heat can be radiated into space. Cloudy skies act like a ...
Kansas native Clare Harner (1909–1977) first published "Immortality" in the December 1934 issue of poetry magazine The Gypsy [1] and was reprinted in their February 1935 issue. It was written shortly after the sudden death of her brother. Harner's poem quickly gained traction as a eulogy and was read at funerals in Kansas and Missouri.
“Another world, another day, another dawn. The early morning’s thinnest sliver of light appeared silently.” ― Douglas Adams “Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of ...
Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #577 on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, January 8, 2025 The New York Times
Phileas Fogg (/ ˈ f ɪ l i ə s ˈ f ɒ ɡ / FIL-ee-əs FOG) is the protagonist in the 1872 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Inspirations for the character were the American entrepreneur George Francis Train and American writer and adventurer William Perry Fogg. [1] [2]