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Turn Off or Use Opener won the 2005 Caryle Prize in Poetry. [2] He served for thirty-eight years at the Library of Congress, retiring in 2004. [1] Kresh served from 1995 until his death on September 26, 2006 as the Poet-in-Residence at Capitol Hill Day School in Washington, D.C. [3]
Randall Jarrell / dʒ ə ˈ r ɛ l / jə-REL (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate of the United States.
1985, selected as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, an honorary one-year term, known as the Poet Laureate of the United States [2] 1988, inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame [32] 1989, awarded the Robert Frost Medal for lifetime achievement by the Poetry Society of America [33]
He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. [1] He was the first African-American writer to hold the office. Biography
"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem [1] composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. [ 2 ] The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are envious.
Jean Valentine (April 27, 1934 – December 29, 2020) was an American poet and the New York State Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. [1] Her poetry collection, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003, was awarded the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry.
[12]: 327 In 1943, MacLeish displayed his love of poetry and the Library of Congress by naming Louise Bogan to the position. Bogan, who had long been a hostile critic of MacLeish's own writing, asked MacLeish why he appointed her to the position; MacLeish replied that she was the best person for the job.
The poem became more widely known through the efforts of Archibald MacLeish, then Librarian of Congress, who included it in an exhibition of poems called "Faith and Freedom" at the Library of Congress in February 1942. The manuscript copy of the poem remains at the Library of Congress. [21] Reading of the poem "High Flight"