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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Leonora Speyer (1872-1956)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 21:27:02 +0000
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George J. Dance wrote:

> Wll Dockery wrote:
>>
>> Hello George, this is a good time to suggest some poetry by Leonora
>> Speyer, which fits the spring theme:
>
> Yes, spring's a good time to think of Leonora Speyer (for whom spring
> was a frequent subject), but a better place would be in her own thread.
> Speyer is almost forgotten these days, but was well known as both a
> violinist and a poet in the early half of the 20th century, winning the
> Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1927. She deserves her own place on aapc,
> rather than just crammed in at the bottom of a thread on someone else.
>
>> Poetry by Leonora Speyer:
>>
>> https://poets.org/poem/story-i-understand-it?utm_source=The+Academy+of+American+Poets&utm_campaign=a3840bcbc9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_11_12_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c667c90d2e-368753651&mc_cid=a3840bcbc9&mc_eid=7e0bfb3198&fbclid=IwY2xjawI3xPFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQtyBmab9e-TX85EDKZQ9i3-Ew5lwfvAftdFLCMoBA3Qxi_e13C3v5ZqkQ_aem_qJar-uSHKcY1oAiuWhsk1A
>
>> (That link looks odd but hopefully it'll work.)
>
> Here's a link to 10 of Speyer's poems on the Academy of American Poets
> site.
> https://poets.org/poet/leonora-speyer
>
> There's also a Wikipedia article on her, but I won't give that link.
> Instead I'll link the Penny's Poetry Pages article, which is essentially
> the same, but also includes links to both of her poetry collections, as
> well as a video of one of her poems, "Spring Cowardice."
> https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Leonora_Speyer

Thanks again, George.