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Kevan Eyre (9/10/2009 3:21:00 PM)
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May Swenson is my aunt on my mother's side. I knew and associated with her for over 35 years. The brief biography on this site is in error in at least three respects. First, May was born in 1913 as opposed to 1919. Second, May graduated from Utah Agricultural College (now know as Utah State University) before she was 20 years old, so about 1932 or 1933.
Thirdly, although May was apparently a lesbian she would be greatly saddened to have any of her work pigeon holed with any such label and it is very unfortunate that some people who do not understand her work or her intentions attempt to further their agenda by misrepresenting and twisting one narrow thread of her works. Her most noted works covered dozens of subject areas, most notably her love for her family, her parents, God, nature and the great outdoors. Her 'love' poems mentioned in the biography were not even published until after her death and it is unknown if she ever wanted them published. Most importantly, and in reality, her 'love' poems are NOT rooted in 'lesbian sexuality' and 'eroticism' per se, but are splendid examples of how love, romance and commitment feel to the human spirit regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Of course poetry is not only the expressions of the poet but is most fulfilling when played upon the heartstrings of the listener or reader. It is understandable that readera with differing sexual orientations may find a variety of gender related meanings in the poetry which they are experiencing but it would be offensive to May for anyone to circumscribe her work in such a finite way as has been done here. I hope this site will adjust the biography accordingly.
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May Swenson
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Editor's Note: We publish posthumously a group of hitherto unpublished poems of May Swenson followed by a literary memoir written by her writer/editor ...
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Literary Encyclopedia: May Swenson
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Mar 5, 2009 ... The American poet May Swenson was born in Logan, Utah, to first-generation Swedish immigrants, Margaret (Hellberg) and Dan Arthur Swenson. ...
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''Body my house
my horse my hound
what will I do
when you are fallen''
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May Swenson (1919-1995), U.S. poet. Question (l. 1-4). . .
New Poets of England and America. Donald Hall, Robert Pack, and Louis Simpson, eds. (19...
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''I was the horse and the rider,
and the leather I slapped to his rump
spanked my own behind.''
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May Swenson (1919-1995), U.S. poet. The Centaur (l. 38-40). . .
No More Masks! an Anthology of Poems by Women. Florence Howe and Ellen Bass, eds. ...
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