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  2. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - Wikipedia

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    The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".

  3. The Winding Stair and Other Poems - Wikipedia

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    The Winding Stair is a volume of poems by Irish poet W. B. Yeats, published in 1933. It was the next new volume after 1928's The Tower. The title poem was originally published in 1929 by Fountain Press in a signed limited edition, which is exceedingly rare. [1] The title is linked to the staircase in an old Norman tower in County Galway which Yeats bought and gave it the Gaelicized name Thoor ...

  4. The Wild Swans at Coole (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The Wild Swans at Coole (Collection) at Wikisource. "The Wild Swans at Coole" is a lyric poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939). Written between 1916 and early 1917, the poem was first published in the June 1917 issue of the Little Review, and became the title poem in the Yeats's 1917 and 1919 collections The Wild Swans at Coole.

  5. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd - Wikipedia

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    Whitman was unsatisfied with the poem and resolved to write a fitting poem mourning Lincoln's death. [18][23] Upon returning to Washington, Whitman contracted with Gibson Brothers to publish a pamphlet of eighteen poems that included two works directly addressing the assassination—"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and "O Captain!

  6. Natasha Trethewey - Wikipedia

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    Trethewey's mother, Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough, was a social worker and part of the inspiration for Native Guard (2006), which is dedicated to her memory. Trethewey's parents divorced when she was six and Turnbough was murdered in 1985 by her second husband, whom she had recently divorced, when Trethewey was 19 years old. [ 11 ] Recalling her reaction to her mother's death, she said: "that was ...

  7. Maya Angelou - Wikipedia

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    Maya Angelou (/ ˈændʒəloʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; [1][2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over ...

  8. Paul Celan - Wikipedia

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    The death of his parents and the trauma of the Holocaust are regarded by scholars as being defining forces in Celan's poetry and his use of language. In his Bremen Prize speech, Celan said of language after Auschwitz that: Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language.

  9. Remorse for Intemperate Speech - Wikipedia

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    "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" is a poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It appeared in his 1933 volume of poems The Winding Stair and Other Poems.

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