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Elizabeth Bishop (1911 - 1979 / Massachusetts / United States)
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Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911, but spent part of her childhood with her Canadian grandparents after her father's death .. more >>
68 poems of Elizabeth Bishop
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1      A Miracle for Breakfast
2      A Prodigal
3      Anaphora
4      Argument
5      Arrival At Santos
6      At the Fishhouses
7      Cape Breton
8      Casabianca
9      Chemin De Fer
10      Cirque D'Hiver
11      Conversation
12      Exchanging Hats
13      Filling Station
14      First Death In Nova Scotia
15      Five Flights Up
16      Florida
17      Giant Toad
18      I Am in Need of Music
19      In the Waiting Room
20      Insomnia
        
 

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Tim Martin (8/23/2009 9:55:00 AM)
Argh! Webmasters! ...please get that 'a' out of the last line of 'One Art' (right before 'disaster') . Incorrect, and ruins the poem!
James Mcgrath (7/27/2009 5:48:00 PM)
I personally love Bishop's work and find it hard to believe that others find it difficult to comprehend. She paints such a clear picture, creating the a link between herself and the reader. This is evident through her intense eye for detail. She is truly a wonderful poet of our time.

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  ''What childishness is it that while there's breath of life
in our bodies, we are determined to rush
to see the sun the other way around?''
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), U.S. poet. "Questions of Travel." Bishop, an avid traveler, spent the last 16 years of her life in Brazil.
 
  ''His beak is focussed; he is preoccupied,

looking for something, something, something.
Poor bird, he is obsessed!''
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), U.S. poet. Sandpiper (l. 16-18). . . The Complete Poems, 1927-1979 [Elizabeth Bishop]. (1983) Farrar, Straus and Gir...

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