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Cover of the first edition of Poems of Passion, 1883. Poems of Passion is a collection of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox that was published in 1883. [1]Despite the fact that the book's title "threatened to spark a scandal," eventually it "was embraced by thousands of perfectly respectable midwestern readers."
Poems by Green have been published in the Best New Zealand Poems, including the 2002, [6] 2004, [7] and 2006 editions. [8] She was guest editor for the publication in 2007. [ 9 ] Green has also been selected as a featured poet in the journal, Poetry New Zealand , [ 1 ] and appeared in the British literary journal Fire.
Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist. Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement. [1] [2] This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry.
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.
Her poems have appeared in anthologies such as Best American Poetry (1995), Best of the Best American Poetry 1989–99 (1999), and American Religious Poems (2006). [2] Her poetry is described by Mary Ann Caws in "Grace Schulman's Seeing," from In the Frame: Women's Ekphrastic Poetry , edited by Jane Hedley (U of Delaware Press); and by David ...
Toi Derricotte (pronounced DARE-ah-cot) (born April 12, 1941) is an American poet.She is the author of six poetry collections and a literary memoir. She has won numerous literary awards, including the 2020 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry awarded by the Poetry Society of America, and the 2021 Wallace Stevens Award, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets.
A prodigy as a child, Wheatley was the first black person to publish a book of poems in the American colony, and though her poems are sometimes thought of as expressing "meek submission," she is also what Camille Dungy describes as "a foremother," and a role model for black women poets as "part of the fabric" of American poetry. [21]
The Judith Wright Award was awarded as part of the ACT Poetry Award by the ACT Government between 2005 and 2011, for a published book of poems by an Australian poet. [ 29 ] The Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets (worth A$20,000 ), was established in 2007 by Overland magazine.