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She was widely known in her day as the author of numberless poems and prose sketches, and hundreds of school children were reciting her lines. [3] She was one of two women of her time who published poems on geology, hers being "The Mastodon" (1847), while Felicia Dorothea Heman's work, "Epitaph for a Mineralogist" was published in 1836. [7]
Following the war, in 1946, her first published poem, "Morning Mountains" appeared in The Southland Times. She adopted her maternal grandmother's name, Dallas, as a pen name. [1] Her first book of poetry, Country Road and Other Poems, was published in 1953. In 1954 she moved to Dunedin, where she lived for most of her life. [2]
The poem was originally published as "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day" in Child's Flowers for Children. [5] It celebrates the author's childhood memories of visiting her grandfather's house (said to be the Paul Curtis House). Lydia Maria Child was a novelist, journalist, teacher, and poet who wrote extensively about the need ...
Say 'Happy Grandparents Day' this weekend with some thoughtful poetry. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
35 grandmother quotes from celebrities, poets and authors that showcase just how special it is to be a grandma. 35 grandmother quotes from celebrities, poets and authors that showcase just how ...
The poem echoes Yeats' fascination with the Irish peasantry. Written in first person, the poem explains the difficult chores and struggles of an aged, unfortunate woman and her bitter resentment to the young children, whose worries of fondness and personal appearance pale to insignificance when compared to the toils of the old woman.
The poems were written in 1997, following the divorce from her husband of 29 years. The poems focus on her husband, and even sometimes his mistress. The collection won the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. [20] She is the first American woman to win this award. [20] It also won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. [21]
As a young woman she published fictional works, plays, and poems, including a fictional autobiography as by "Mrs. A. M. Richards" entitled Memories of a Grandmother in 1854. [citation needed] In 1856 she married landscape and maritime painter William Trost Richards. They traveled abroad frequently and lived in Cornwall, England, from 1878 to ...