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"Five Visions of Captain Cook" (1931) is a poem by Australian poet Kenneth Slessor about James Cook. It was originally published in the author's collection Trio: A Book of Poems , and later appeared in numerous poetry anthologies.
Makiuti Tongia (born 1953) is a Cook Islands poet, academic, diplomat, and public servant. He is the first Cook Islander published in the Cook Islands, and considered to be a trail-blazer in Cook Islands literature and a key figure in the creation of a Pacific literary tradition.
The poem may have been inspired by James Cook's second voyage of exploration (1772–1775) of the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean; Coleridge's tutor, William Wales, was the astronomer on Cook's flagship and had a strong relationship with Cook.
Ebenezer Cooke (c. 1665 – c. 1732) was an American poet.Probably born in London, he became a lawyer in Maryland, then a British colony, where he wrote a number of poems including one that some scholars consider the first American satire: "The Sot-Weed Factor: Or, a Voyage to Maryland.
Pat Parker (born Patricia Cooks; January 20, 1944 – June 17, 1989) [2] was an African American poet and activist. Both her poetry and her activism drew from her experiences as a Black lesbian feminist. [3] [4] Her poetry spoke about her tough childhood growing up in poverty, dealing with sexual assault, and the murder of a sister. [5]
Eliza Cook writing, c. 1860s. Cook's first volume of poetry, Lays of a Wild Harp, appeared in 1835, when she was only seventeen.Encouraged by its favourable reception, she began to send verses anonymously to the Weekly Dispatch, the Metropolitan Magazine, the New Monthly Magazine, and The Literary Gazette; [3] William Jerdan praised her work in the last of these.
How to Cook a Wolf was written following the attack on Pearl Harbor, which led to the American entry in World War II, when Fisher (then known to society as Mrs. Dillwyn Parrish) returned to California from already-war-torn Europe and wrote a well-received guide to blackout curtains and crisis cooking for her father's paper, the Whittier News.
The cook Delia Smith is of a similar opinion, and describes Acton as "the best cookery writer in the English language". [104] The cookery writer Jane Grigson was influenced by Acton, particularly when she wrote English Food (1974), [ 105 ] while the chef Rick Stein included her "Soles Stewed in Cream" in his cookery book Seafood Lovers' Guide ...