American Poetry Books

Verses

Susan Coolidge

 Nourished by peaceful suns and gracious dew,  Your sweet youth budded and your sweet lives grew,  And all the world seemed rose-beset for you...

A Woman of Thirty

Marjorie Allen Seiffert

Marjorie Allen Seiffert (1885-1970) was an American poet and playwright whose works include Ballads of the Singing Bowl, The King with Three Faces, and A Woman of Thirty ...

Artemis to Actaeon, and Other Verses

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the l..

Precipitations

Evelyn Scott

Evelyn Ruth Scott AO was an Indigenous Australian social activist and educator. She began working in the Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advancement League in the 1960s. She chaired t..