Chard deNiord, United States, (b. 1952), poetry includes: Memory Gardens. Chard deNiord is a poet, educator and writer. He received a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has taught at Providence College (1998-2020), and is now Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing. Poet Laureate of Vermont (2015–2019), deNiord has also been a Poetry Fellow at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize.
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Italian/Canadian (b. 1949), poetry includes: Brain Litany: Or, Overlooking the Existential Factor. Di Cicco is a poet and writer. He was appointed by the City of Toronto as its second Poet Laureate (2004 – 2009). His monographs and essays have pioneered a study of civility proactive to the design of a city and his urban philosophy has influenced municipal policy in Canada, the U.S. and United Kingdom.
United States, (1923-1997) Approaching Prayer A moment tries to come in Through the windows, when one must go Beyond what there is in the room, But it must come straight down. Lord, it is time, And I must get up and start To circle through my father’s empty house Looking for things to … Read more
Deborah Digges, United States, (1950-2009), poetry includes: WINTER BARN. Digges was a poet, memoirist, and educator. She was a professor of English at Tufts University in Medford, MA and also taught in the graduate writing divisions of New York University, Boston University, and Columbia University. The author of four well-received poetry collections and two equally well-received memoirs, Digges poems were also widely anthologized and appeared regularly in The New Yorker and other publications.
R.H.W. Dillard, United States, (b. 1937), poetry includes: Requiem. Dillard is a poet, educator, writer, critic, and translator. He has taught at Virginia’s Hollins University where he has been teaching creative writing, literature, and film studies since 1964.
Britian, (1840-1921) THE PRAYER OF THE SWINE TO CIRCE HUDDLING they came, with shag sides caked of mire,— With hoofs fresh sullied from the troughs o’er-turned,— With wrinkling snouts,—yet eyes in which desire Of some strange thing unutterably burned, Unquenchable; and still where’er She turned They rose about her, striving each o’er each, With restless, … Read more
Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, Australia, (1920-2012), poetry includes: The ‘Aunts’. Dobson was a poet, and also an illustrator, editor and anthologist. She published fourteen volumes of poetry and was published in almost every annual volume of Australian Poetry.
Romania, (1922-2002) The Silver-fanged Boar A prince of the East, with good hunting in love, through dark heart of forest was threading his way. Although through the thickets ’twas painful to move he played on his bone flute and his men he’d pray: “Come over, to hunt, in the forests untrodden, the wild boar with … Read more
