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U.A. Fanthorpe's "The Sheepdog"
Ursula Askham Fanthorpe, CBE, FRSL (22 July 1929 – 28 April 2009) was an English poet, who published as U. A. Fanthorpe. Her poetry comments mainly o…
4 years, 8 months ago
Elinor Wylie's "Velvet Shoes"
Elinor Morton Wylie (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during …
4 years, 8 months ago
William Carlos Williams' "The Gift"
William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagis…
4 years, 8 months ago
George Santayana's "Cape Cod"
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (/ˌsæntiˈænə, -ˈɑːnə/;[2] December 16, 1863 – September 26, 19…
4 years, 8 months ago
From "W.H. Auden's "For the Time Being"
Wystan Hugh Auden (/ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən/; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973[1]) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its sty…
4 years, 8 months ago
Mary Oliver's "Preparing the House"
Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is ins…
4 years, 8 months ago
Nancy Willard's "The Snow Arrives After Long Silence"
Nancy Willard (June 26, 1936 – February 19, 2017)[1] was an American writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of children's books. S…
4 years, 8 months ago
Malcolm Guite's "A Sonnet for Nicholas Ferrar"
Ayodeji Malcolm Guite (/ɡaɪt/; born 12 November 1957) is an English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic. Born in Nigeria to Britis…
4 years, 9 months ago
Edward Thomas' "Bird's Nests"
Philip Edward Thomas (3 March 1878 – 9 April 1917) was a British poet, essayist, and novelist. He is considered a war poet, although few of his poems…
4 years, 9 months ago
Jim Harrison's "Solstice Litany"
James Harrison (December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing o…
4 years, 9 months ago