Lizette Woodworth Reese was an American poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

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Born in the Waverly

Waverly, Baltimore

Waverly is a historic village in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Located near I-83, York Road and major bus connections, Waverly provides access to downtown Baltimore, Towson, and the Baltimore Beltway...

 section of Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, she was a school teacher from 1873 to 1918. During the 1920s, she became a prominent literary figure, receiving critical praise and recognition, in particular from H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken

Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a scholar of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the...

, himself from Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

. She has been cited as an influence on younger women poets and has been compared to Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life...

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Works

• A Branch of May (1887)
• A Handful of Lavender (1891)
• A Quiet Road (1896)
• A Wayside Lute (1909)
• Spicewood (1921)
• Wild Cherry (1923)
• The Selected Poems (1926)
• Little Henrietta (1927)
• Lizette Woodworth Reese: The Pamphlet Poets (1928)
• A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days (1929), illustrated by J. J. Lankes
  J. J. Lankes
  Julius John Lankes was an illustrator, a woodcut print artist, author, and college professor.-Early life and education:Lankes was born on August 31, 1884 in Buffalo, New York to parents of German heritage. His father worked in a lumber mill and brought home small scraps of wood...
  
  
• White April (1930)
• The York Road (1931)
• Pastures and Other Poems (1933)
• The Old House in the Country (1936)
• Worleys (1936) story

External links

• A branch of May - google books