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For the first time in 30 years, he looked upon his native land. As an exile and one destined never to see Ireland again, Locke was deeply moved by the man's emotional account of his return to the Emerald Isle. The resulting poem has been quoted at parties, conferences, patriotic rallies and in thousands of pubs and hotels over the past 120 years.
Dr. John Armstrong (1709–1779) was a physician, poet, and satirist.He was born at Castleton Manse, the son of Robert Armstrong, minister of Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland John studied medicine and gained his MD at the renowned University of Edinburgh (being the first to graduate 'with distinction' in 1732) before establishing a successful medical practice in London.
His work has been included in anthologies of poetry, including The Best American Poetry (2003). [4] Additionally, he was selected to contribute his views on contemporary poetry for the book Ecstatic Occasions, Expedient Forms , which billed him as one of "85 leading contemporary poets."
John Anthony Ciardi (/ ˈ tʃ ɑːr d i / CHAR-dee; Italian:; June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf ...
He was a four time recipient of Pulitzer Prize, and was widely referred as an esteemed poet. [ 2 ] Kennedy had asked Frost to read " The Gift Outright " and Frost had agreed, but upon viewing the arrangements for the inauguration, spent the evening before the ceremony composing this new poem as preamble to the requested poem. [ 3 ]
Hewitt began experimenting with poetry while still a schoolboy at Methodist College in the 1920s. Typically thorough, his notebooks from these years are filled with hundreds of poems, in dozens of styles; Hewitt's main influences at this time included William Blake, William Morris and W. B. Yeats, and for the most part the verse is either highly romantic, or strongly socialist, a theme which ...
Self portrait of John Hoskins among his family, probably sketched late in July 1618. Depicted are himself, his step-son, step-daughter, and wife. [2] Hoskins was twice married. His first wife was Benedicta Moyle, daughter of John Moyle, of Buckwell, Kent. They met before he became a law student but did not marry until 1 August 1601, when she ...
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry.