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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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Also Known As Carolyn Ashley Kizer
Born December 10, 1924 • Spokane • Washington
Died October 9, 2014 (aged 89) • Sonoma • California
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award
Notable Works “Yin: New Poems”
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
American poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet
Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
Robert Hass
American poet and translator
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
American poet
C.K. Williams
American poet
James Merrill
American poet
Mona Van Duyn
American poet
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
American poet
Levine, Philip
Philip Levine
American poet
Charles Simic
Charles Simic
American poet
Berryman
John Berryman
American poet
Archibald MacLeish
American author, educator, and public official
Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov
American writer
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Stanley Kunitz, c. 1987
Stanley Kunitz
American poet
Ashbery, John
John Ashbery
American poet

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form