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Occupation. Writer. Spouse. Fred James Clifton (d. 1984) Awards. Robert Frost Medal (2010) Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) [ 1] was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. [ 2][ 3][ 4] From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
William Austin Dickinson (brother) Lavinia Norcross Dickinson (sister) Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. [ 2 ] Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, into a prominent family ...
A-Tisket, A-Tasket. " A-Tisket, A-Tasket " ( Roud Folk Song Index 13188) is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late 19th century. [ 1][ 2] The melody to which the nursery rhyme is sung recurs in other nursery rhymes including "It's Raining, It's Pouring"; "Rain Rain Go Away" and "Ring around the Rosie".
Letter to My Daughter (2009) is the third book of essays by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. By the time it was published, Angelou had written two other books of essays, several volumes of poetry, and six autobiographies. She was recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and had become "a major ...
Philippines. Language. Tagalog. Subject (s) Language. " Sa Aking Mga Kabatà " (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1] There is not enough evidence, however, to ...
50 friendship quotes. "A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside." – Winnie the Pooh. "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you ...
Epistolary poems date at least as early as the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC – 17 or 18 AD), who wrote the Heroides ( The Heroines) or Epistulae Heroidum ( Letters of Heroines ), a collection of fifteen epistolary poems presented as though written by a selection of aggrieved heroines of Greek and Roman mythology, addressing their heroic lovers who ...
Dejection: An Ode. "Dejection: An Ode" is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1802 and was published the same year in The Morning Post, a London daily newspaper. The poem in its original form was written to Sara Hutchinson, a woman who was not his wife, and discusses his feelings of love for her.