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  2. Anne Sexton - Wikipedia

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    His poem "Heart's Needle" proved inspirational for her in its theme of separation from his three-year-old daughter. [8] Sexton first read the poem at a time when her own young daughter was living with her mother-in-law. She, in turn, wrote "The Double Image", a poem which explores the multi-generational relationship between mother and daughter.

  3. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...

  4. Letter to My Daughter - Wikipedia

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    Letter consists of 28 short essays, which includes a few poems and a commencement address, and is dedicated to "the daughter she never had". [2] Reviews of the book were generally positive; most reviewers recognized that the book was full of Angelou's wisdom and that it read like words of advice from a beloved grandmother or aunt.

  5. Kenn Nesbitt - Wikipedia

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    Being children's poems, many make fun of school life. He wrote his first children's poem, "Scrawny Tawny Skinner", in 1994. In 1997, he decided to write his first poetry book, My Foot Fell Asleep, which was published in 1998. Nesbitt's poem "The Tale of the Sun and the Moon", was used in the 2010 movie Life as We Know It.

  6. The Cruel Mother - Wikipedia

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    The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol. IV: The Child Ballads 1: Thomas Moran: 1961: The Cruel Mother: Recorded 1954. Although the refrain of this version is that of "The Cruel Mother", the actual verses belong to a different song, Child Ballad no. 21, "The Maid and the Palmer" (aka "The Well Below The Valley") Four Strong Winds: Ian & Sylvia: 1964 ...

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  8. This Be The Verse - Wikipedia

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    "This Be The Verse" is a lyric poem in three stanzas with an alternating rhyme scheme, by the English poet Philip Larkin (1922–1985). It was written around April 1971, was first published in the August 1971 issue of New Humanist, and appeared in the 1974 collection High Windows.

  9. A mother and daughter's tearful question: Will a woman ever ...

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    Hayley Cleveland felt her hopes swell when she saw a Harris-Walz sign hanging on a farm fence in her one-stoplight Missouri town. She had raised her daughter, Aihva Cleveland, here as a single mom ...