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The poem is the epitaph of a man identified only by a combination of letters and numbers, JS/07/M/378, who is described entirely in external terms: from the point of view of government organizations such as the fictional "Bureau of Statistics." The speaker of the poem concludes that the man had lived an entirely average, therefore exemplary, life.
Máirtín Ó Direáin ([ˈmˠaːɾˠtʲiːnʲ oː ˈdʲɪɾʲaːnʲ]; 29 November 1910 – 19 March 1988) was an Irish poet from the Aran Islands Gaeltacht.Along with Seán Ó Ríordáin and Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Ó Direáin was, in the words of Louis de Paor, "one of a trinity of poets who revolutionised Irish language poetry in the 1940s and 50s."
Eileen Myles was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 9, 1949, [8] to a family with a working-class background. [9] They attended Catholic schools in Arlington, Massachusetts, and graduated from UMass Boston in 1971.
“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” — Mario Puzo "A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss …
I Like You, If You Like Me: Poems of Friendship, Macmillan, 1987. (With Norma Farber) These Small Stones, Harper, 1987. Poems for Mothers, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray, Holiday House, 1988. Poems for Fathers, illustrated by Robert Casilla, Holiday House, 1989. Halloween Poems, illustrated by Gammell, Holiday House, 1989.
I Shall Not Be Moved is Maya Angelou's fifth volume of poetry. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age. [1] After her rape at the age of seven, as recounted in her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness.
Durcan's main published collections include: A Snail in my Prime, Crazy About Women, Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil and Cries of an Irish Caveman.He appeared on the 1990 Van Morrison album Enlightenment, giving an idiosyncratic vocal performance on the song, "In The Days Before Rock'n'Roll", which he also co-wrote.
Immigrant Chronicle is a collection of poems by Peter Skrzynecki, [5] remembering the experiences of his family as they immigrated from post-war Poland to Australia. The family, Peter Skrzynecki and his two parents, were in transit for over two years from 1949–51 (either physically travelling, or in a migrant hostel) before they were allowed to begin their new life in Australia.