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...what the Man-Moth fears most he must do..
— Elizabeth Bishop
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Elizabeth Bishop
poet, writer, translator, university teacher, essayist
🔗 Read on Wikipedia1911 – 1979
Elizabeth Bishop 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. Dwight Garner argued in 2018 that she was perhaps "the most purely gifted poet of the 20th century". She was also a painter, and her poetry is noted for its careful attention to detail; Ernest Hilbert wrote “Bishop’s poetics is one distinguished by tranquil observation, craft-like accuracy, care for the small things of the world, a miniaturist’s discretion and attention."
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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
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The ancient owls' nest must have burned.rose-flecked, head down, tail down
— Elizabeth Bishop
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The big fish tubs are completely linedwith small iridescent flies crawling on them.
— Elizabeth Bishop
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Why should I be my aunt,or made us all just one?
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The armored cars of dreams contrived to let us doso many a dangerous thing.
— Elizabeth Bishop
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Topography displays no favorites; North's as near as West.More delicate than the historians' are the map-makers' colors.
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The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.
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The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.
— Elizabeth Bishop