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The End of Watch Call or Last Radio Call is a ceremony in which, after a police officer's death (usually in the line of duty but sometimes from illness), the officers from his or her unit or department gather around a police radio, over which the police dispatcher issues one call to the officer, followed by a silence, then a second call, followed by silence.
One section of Connor's 2006 anthology Things Unsaid is dedicated to de Larrabeiti; de Larrabeiti's 1992 book Journal of a Sad Hermaphrodite is dedicated to Connor, and includes one of his poems. Connor has published nine volumes of poetry. His work is anthologized in British Poetry since 1945.
Last Poems (1922) was the last of the two volumes of poems which A. E. Housman published during his lifetime. Of the 42 poems there, seventeen were given titles, a greater proportion than in his previous collection, A Shropshire Lad (1896). Although it was not quite so popular with composers, the majority of the poems there have been set to music.
Around the Boree Log and Other Verses is a collection of poems by Australian writer John O'Brien, published by Angus and Robertson in 1921. [1]The collection contains 46 poems which were published in a variety of original publications, with some being published here for the first time.
His best-known book of poetry is The Gap of Brightness (1940). He is also well known for his poem, "Father and Son." [6] He wrote a moving elegy for his fellow poet Pádraic Ó Conaire. He was generally acknowledged to be a fine poet, but was less successful in his Abbey Theatre work: Frank O'Connor said unkindly that Higgins could not direct a ...
Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" poem remains an anthem for the oppressed's struggle against the powerful, especially Black women. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Lemminkäinen Suite (also known as Four Legends from the Kalevala), Op. 22 * [a cycle of four tone poems] Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island (1895, revised 1897 and 1939) * The Swan of Tuonela (1893-1895, revised 1897 and 1900) *
u.s. supreme court chief justice john roberts "A daughter of the American Southwest, Sandra Day O'Connor blazed an historic trail as our Nation's first female Justice.