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Arnold Adoff (July 16, 1935, in Bronx, New York – May 7, 2021, in Yellow Springs, Ohio) was an American children's writer. In 1988, the National Council of Teachers of English gave Adoff the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. He has said, "I will always try to turn sights and sounds into words.
The poetry is formatted in eye-catching designs that encourage effective reading, whether by adults or by middle-graders who will be able to handle this themselves." [ 1 ] School Library Journal wrote "While the meanings are readily accessible, it will take sophisticated readers to read these poems alone. ...
Empedocles on Etna is a dramatic poem or closet drama in two acts written by the Victorian poet-critic Matthew Arnold and first published, anonymously, in 1852. [1] [2] The poem describes the philosophic contemplations and suicidal ravings of the ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles (c. 494 – c. 434 BC) and his legendary death in the fires of Mount Etna on Sicily.
Marcus Wicker (born July 9, 1984) [1] is an American poet. He is the author of the full-length poetry-collections Silencer—winner of the Society of Midland Authors Award and Arnold Adoff Award for New Voices—and Maybe the Saddest Thing, selected by D. A. Powell for the National Poetry Series.
A Pocketful of Poems (2001), illustrated by Javaka Steptoe; Under the Christmas Tree (2002), ... 2018 Arnold Adoff Poetry Award for Middle Graders for One Last Word;
Tristram and Iseult was first published in Arnold's second poetry collection, Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems (1852). [9] He revised the poem the following year, possibly in response to a review by the English poet Arthur Hugh Clough published in North American Review .
Tintagel is a symphonic poem by Arnold Bax. It is his best-known work, and was for some years the only piece by which the composer was known to many concert-goers. The work was inspired by a visit Bax made to Tintagel Castle in Cornwall in 1917, and, although not explicitly programmatic, draws on the history and mythology associated with the ...
Allott published Selected poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1953); Five Uncollected Essays of Matthew Arnold (1953); and The Poems of Matthew Arnold (1965). He also published Robert Browning : Selected Poems (1967). Allott's Collected Poems was published posthumously in 1975. He was a witty and popular lecturer, with a great affection for cats.