Who is Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976. She is considered one of the finest poets of the 20th century.Contents Early life Elizabeth Bishop, an only child, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, to William Thomas and Gertrude May (Bulmer) Bishop. After her father, a successful builder, died when she was eight mon...
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Elizabeth Bishop Poems
- In The Waiting Room
In Worcester, Massachusetts,
I went with Aunt Consuelo
to keep her dentist's appointment
and sat and waited for her ... - Lullaby For The Cat
Minnow, go to sleep and dream,
Close your great big eyes;
Round your bed Events prepare
The pleasantest surprise. ... - Sonnet (1928)
I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow. ... - O Breath
Beneath that loved   and celebrated breast,
silent, bored really   blindly veined,
grieves, maybe   lives and lets
live, passes   bets, ... - The Fish
I caught a tremendous fish
and held him beside the boat
half out of water, with my hook
fast in a corner of his mouth. ...
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Comments about Elizabeth Bishop
- _tandia: the art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. -elizabeth bishop
- Manankapo: she listed lost door keys, misspent hours, forgotten travel plans: “none of these will bring disaster.” then... the losses mounted: my mother’s watch, three beloved houses, two cities, two rivers, a continent. “i miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster."
- Filmanatolia: aiff welcomes "a poet's childhood - awakening to consciousness - elizabeth martina bishop" by vibhas p a kendzia, elizabeth martina bishop submit now via filmfreeway:
- Kaeyajaksel: ohh i remember wanting to be her/elizabeth bishop/charlie barker,,, man they rocked
- Harrywatson63: 'casabianca' by elizabeth bishop love’s the boy stood on the burning deck trying to recite “the boy stood on the burning deck.” love’s the son stood stammering elocution while the poor ship in flames went down...
