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Wolfwatching
''Wolfwatching'' is a book of poems by former English Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, his fourteenth. It was first published in London by Faber and Faber in 1989. Its dedication reads "For Hilda", and it contains twenty-one poems: * "A Sparrow Hawk" * "Two Astrological Conundrums" # The Fool's Evil Dream # Tell * "Slump Sundays" * "Climbing into Heptonstall" * "A Macaw" * "Dust As We Are" * "Wolfwatching" * "Telegraph Wires" * "Source" * "Sacrifice" * "For the Duration" * "Anthem for Doomed Youth" * "The Black Rhino" * "Leaf Mould" * "Manchester Skytrain" * "Walt" # Under High Wood # The Atlantic * "Take What You Want But Pay For It" * "Us He Devours" * "Little Whale Song" * "On the Reservations" # Sitting Bull on Christmas Morning # Nightvoice # The Ghost Dancer * "A Dove" See also * 1989 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 15–June 4 – 1989 Tiananmen Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfwatching
''Wolfwatching'' is a book of poems by former English Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, his fourteenth. It was first published in London by Faber and Faber in 1989. Its dedication reads "For Hilda", and it contains twenty-one poems: * "A Sparrow Hawk" * "Two Astrological Conundrums" # The Fool's Evil Dream # Tell * "Slump Sundays" * "Climbing into Heptonstall" * "A Macaw" * "Dust As We Are" * "Wolfwatching" * "Telegraph Wires" * "Source" * "Sacrifice" * "For the Duration" * "Anthem for Doomed Youth" * "The Black Rhino" * "Leaf Mould" * "Manchester Skytrain" * "Walt" # Under High Wood # The Atlantic * "Take What You Want But Pay For It" * "Us He Devours" * "Little Whale Song" * "On the Reservations" # Sitting Bull on Christmas Morning # Nightvoice # The Ghost Dancer * "A Dove" See also * 1989 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 15–June 4 – 1989 Tiananmen Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Hughes
Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 and held the office until his death. In 2008 ''The Times'' ranked Hughes fourth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Hughes was married to American poet Sylvia Plath from 1956 until her death by suicide in 1963 at the age of 30. His last poetic work, ''Birthday Letters'' (1998), explored their relationship. Biography Early life Hughes was born at 1 Aspinall Street, in Mytholmroyd in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to William Henry (1894–1981) and Edith ( Farrar) Hughes (1898–1969), and raised among the local farms of the Calder Valley and on the Pennine moorland. Hughes's sister Olwyn Marguerite Hughes (1928–2016) was two years older and his brother Gerald (1920†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
