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Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (July 17, 1990 – June 22, 2004), known as Mattie J.T. Stepanek, was an American poet (or, as he wanted to be remembered, "a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played") [2] who published seven best-selling books of poetry and peace essays. Before his death at the age of 13, he had become known as a peace ...
"Poem for a Birthday" is a poem by American poet Sylvia Plath, dated 7 November, 1959 and first appearing in the collection The Colossus and Other Poems published by Heinemann in 1960, by Alfred A. Knopf in 1962, and by Faber & Faber in 1976.
Manuscript title: Bore the title of " 'We are Seven, or Death". "A Simple Child," Poems referring to the Period of Childhood: 1798 Anecdote for Fathers 1798 Former title: Bore the title of "Ancedote for Fathers, showing how the practise of lying may be taught" from 1798–1804 "I Have a boy of five years old;" Poems referring to the Period of ...
Milne was established as a successful novelist and playwright when, in late 1922, he wrote the poem for his wife Daphne. He had caught a glimpse of his two-year-old son, Christopher Robin Milne, kneeling by his cot, being taught by his nanny to pray "God bless Mummy, Daddy and Nanny and make me a good boy". He was touched by his child looking ...
Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong.Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength.
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) [1] was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.
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He was born in a house built by his father (now the Burns Cottage Museum), where he lived until Easter 1766, when he was seven years old. William Burnes sold the house and took the tenancy of the 70-acre (280,000 m 2) Mount Oliphant farm, southeast of Alloway. Here Burns grew up in poverty and hardship, and the severe manual labour of the farm ...