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Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by sincere wonderment and profound connection with the environment, conveyed in ...
The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life. Crabbit is Scots for "bad-tempered" or "grumpy". The poem appeared in the Nursing Mirror in December 1972 without attribution. Phyllis McCormack explained in a letter to the journal that she wrote the poem in 1966 for her hospital newsletter. [4]
Adrienne Cecile Rich (/ ˈ æ d r i ə n / AD-ree-ən; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", [1] [2] and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse". [3]
Jenny Joseph was born on 7 May 1932 in South Hill, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, to Florence (née Cotton) and Louis Joseph, an antiques dealer. The family were non-observant Jews. Her father's career led to the family relocating to Buckinghamshire, and Joseph was evacuated to Devon early during the Second World War.
Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) [ 1 ] is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books. In the 1960s, Sanchez released poems in periodicals targeted ...
Nana Asma'u (1793–1864), Fulani poet and pioneer of women's education in Sokoto Caliphate. Mah Laqa Bai (1768–1824), Urdu poet and philanthropist. Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), English poet, essayist, literary critic and children's author. Margaret Bingham (1740–1814), English poet and painter.
9780860682264. Scars Upon My Heart is an anthology of poetry written by American and British women during the First World War, compiled and edited by Catherine W. Reilly and published by Virago Press in 1981. Scars Upon My Heart is recognized as a pioneering presentation of women's literary expression during the First World War, giving voice to ...
Mary TallMountain. Mary TallMountain (June 19, 1918 – September 2, 1994) was a poet and storyteller of mixed Scotch-Irish and Koyukon ancestry. [2] Her works deal with the interplay of Christianity with indigenous beliefs and the difficulties of her own life. Before her mother died from tuberculosis [3] she was adopted by a white couple where ...