BIRTH OF A POET

POETIC BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST


8/8/1884 - SARA TEASDALE - WON THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY IN 1918 FOR HER COLLECTION "LOVE SONGS."

8/25/1935 - CHARLES WRIGHT -WAS APPOINTED THE U.S. POET LAUREATE IN JUNE 2014. HE WON THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY IN 1998 FOR HIS COLLECTION, "BLACK ZODIAC."

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