1. May Swenson May Swenson was born in Logan, Utah, in 1919. She attended Utah State University, Logan, and received a bachelor s degree in 1939. She taught poetry at Bryn http://www.edwardsly.com/swenson.htm

May Swenson May Swenson was born in Logan, Utah, in 1919. She attended Utah State University, Logan, and received a bachelor's degree in 1939. She taught poetry at Bryn Mawr, the University of North Carolina, the University of California at Riverside, Purdue University and Utah State University and was an editor at New Directions publishers from 1959 to 1966. Her poems appeared in Antaeus, The Atlantic Monthly, Carleton Miscellany, The Nation, The New Yorker, Paris Review, Parnassus and Poetry. She served as a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets from 1980 to 1989. She died in Oceanview, Delaware,in 1989. Her first book of poems, Another Animal, appeared in 1954, followed by A Cage of Spines (1958), and To Mix with Time New and Selected Poems (1963). From 1959 to 1966, she served as editor at New Directions publishers and taught poetry at Bryn Mawr, the University of North Carolina, the University of California, Riverside, Purdue University, and Utah State University. Though much of her later poetry is devoted to children, she also published translations of contemporary Swedish poets, including the collection Iconographs (1970) and the selected poems of Tomas Transtromer. A recipient of numerous grants and fellowships-among them a Guggenheim, a Ford Foundation Poet-Playwright Grant, an Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship, and a Robert Frost Fellowship-she was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and served as chancellor of The Academy of American Poets from 1980 until her death in 1989. According to critic Harold Bloom, she ranks with Marianne Moore and Elizabeth Bishop as one of the three best women poets of the twentieth century.

2. May Swenson - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Her biography The Love Poems of May Swenson focused mostly on poems in which sexual imagery is especially abundant. It is considered her book of strongest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Swenson

May Swenson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search May Swenson (b. Anna Thilda May Swenson May 28 in Logan, Utah December 4 in Bethany Beach, Delaware ) was an American poet and playwright The first child of Margaret and Dan Arthur Swenson, she grew up as the eldest of 10 children in a Mormon household where Swedish was spoken regularly and English was a second language. Much of her later poetry works were devoted to children, although she also translated the work of contemporary Swedish poets, including the collection Iconographs (1970) and the selected poems of Tomas Transtromer Contents Education and work Awards and recognition Style, imagery and eroticism Legacy ... edit Education and work Swenson attended Utah State University in Logan in the class of 1939, where she received a bachelor's degree. She taught poetry at several universities, including Bryn Mawr , the University of North Carolina , the University of California at Riverside Purdue University and Utah State University. From 1959 to 1966 she worked as an editor at New Directions publishers. She also served as a Chancellor of

3. May Swenson --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on May Swenson American poet whose work is noted for its engaging imagery, intricate wordplay, and eccentric use of http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9099881/May-Swenson

var britAdCategory = "literature"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents May Swenson Print this Table of Contents Linked Articles Emily Dickinson Elizabeth Bishop Marianne Moore George Herbert Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. May Swenson Page 1 of 1 born May 28, 1919, Logan, Utah, U.S. died Dec. 4, 1989, Ocean View, Del. American poet whose work is noted for its engaging imagery, intricate wordplay, and eccentric use of typography. Her poetry has been compared to that of Emily Dickinson Elizabeth Bishop Marianne Moore , and George Herbert Swenson, May... (75 of 220 words) To read the full article, activate your FREE Trial Commonly Asked Questions About May Swenson Close Enable free complete viewings of Britannica premium articles when linked from your website or blog-post.

4. May Swenson - Poems And Biography By AmericanPoems.com May Swenson (May 28, 1913 December 4, 1989) was a United States poet and playwright. Anna Thilda May Swenson was born in Logan, Utah on May 28, 1913, http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/May-Swenson

Poets Members Poem of the Day Top 40 ... Privacy January 27th, 2008 - we have 237 poets , 8034 poems and 16588 comments Biography of May Swenson May Swenson (1913 - 1989) May Swenson (May 28, 1913 - December 4, 1989) was a United States poet and playwright. Anna Thilda May Swenson was born in Logan, Utah on May 28, 1913, the frist child of Margaret and Dan Arthur Swenson. Biography by: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and uses material adapted in whole or in part from the Wikipedia article on May Swenson. 3 Poems written by May Swenson The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views. Alphabetically Page Views Comments First Lines Miscellaneous The Woods At Night Nature: Poems Old and New Blue Question Books by May Swenson New and Selected Things Taking Place The Complete Love Poems of May Swenson Buy now for only $15.95! Nature: Poems Old and New Buy now for only $15.00! American Sports Poems Buy now for only $15.00! Click here for more books by May Swenson Swenson Info Biography Poems (3 poems) Books Information Links Bookstore

5. May Swenson - Poems, Biography, Quotes Free collection of all May Swenson Poems and Biography. See the best poems and poetry by May Swenson. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/may_swenson

Famous Poets and Poems: Home Poets Poem of the Month Poet of the Month ... Love Poems Search for: Poets Poems FamousPoetsAndPoems.com Poets / May Swenson Biography Poems Books Post Your Poems Popular Poets Langston Hughes Shel Silverstein Pablo Neruda Maya Angelou ... All Poets See also: Love Poems and Quotes Poets by Nationality African American Poets Women Poets ... Meaning of Names May Swenson Enlarge Picture View May Swenson: Poems Biography Books May Swenson was born in Logan, Utah, in 1919. She attended Utah State University, Logan, and received a bachelor's degree in 1939. She taught poetry at Bryn Mawr, the University of North Carolina, the University of California at Riverside, Purdue University and Utah State University and was an editor at New Directions publishers from 1959 to 1966. Her poems appeared in Antaeus, The Atlantic Monthly, Carleton Miscellany, The Nation, The New Yorker, Paris Review, Parnassus and Poetry. She served a.. Continue.. Some of May Swenson Poems The Woods At Night Blue Question View all May Swenson Poems ... Contact Us The Poems and Quotes on this site are the property of their respective authors. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes.

6. Chapters.indigo.ca: May Out West: Poems Of May Swenson: May Swenson: Books A postuhumous collection, first published in 1996, that takes the West as its focus and field. As the American West was a place of inspiration to May http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/May-Out-West-Poems-May-May-Swenson/978087421

Shopping Bag Wish List Your Account Store Locator ... irewards Program In Books In Books Outlet In Toy Store In DVD In Music In iPod Search All Books Advanced Search Search Tips Where Canadians shop for books, DVDs, kid's toys, games and music CDs at Canada's online bookstore - chapters.indigo.ca May Out West: Poems of May Swenson Author: May Swenson See more titles by May Swenson List Price: Our Price: You Save: $3.72 (24%) irewards Member Price: In Stock Rate this Item Average Customer Rating 0 ratings Community Reviews be the first to write a review! - Shopping Canadian saves you more! Find out why Eligible for FREE Shipping on orders over $39 See Details Don't forget the gift wrap! You can have your book or toy beautifully wrapped, plus include a personal message. + Learn How Become an irewards member and enjoy off books online, and off books in store every day. + Join Now! write a review add to my shelf add to recommendations ... create a top ten list del.ici.ous create a post see all see less About this Book Format: Hardcover Published: January 3, 1996

7. May Swenson May Swenson. Living Tenderly. My body a rounded stone with a pattern of smooth seams. My head a short snake, retractive, projective. http://home.earthlink.net/~jcorbally/eng218/rswenson.html

8. Earth Your Dancing Place -- May Swenson May Swenson ~. (Nature Poems Old and New). Web archive of Panhala postings www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html. To subscribe to Panhala, send a blank email http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Earth_Your_Dancing_Place.html

Earth Your Dancing Place Beneath heaven's vault remember always walking through halls of cloud down aisles of sunlight or through high hedges of the green rain walk in the world highheeled with swirl of cape hand at the swordhilt of your pride Keep a tall throat Remain aghast at life Enter each day as upon a stage lighted and waiting for your step Crave upward as flame have keenness in the nostril Give your eyes to agony or rapture Train your hands as birds to be brooding or nimble Move your body as the horses sweeping on slender hooves over crag and prairie with fleeing manes and aloofness of their limbs Take earth for your own large room and the floor of earth carpeted with sunlight and hung round with silver wind for your dancing place ~ May Swenson ~ Nature: Poems Old and New Web archive of Panhala postings: www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html To subscribe to Panhala, send a blank email to Panhala-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To unsubscribe from Panhala, send a blank email to Panhala-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com music link (left button to play, right button to save)

9. Retropoet Favorite; May Swenson May Swenson is a favorite poet of the Retropoet. The May Swenson Page. The Secret in the Cat. I took my cat apart to see what made him purr. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9375/poe/retromxs.html

The Retropoet The "May Swenson" Page The Secret in the Cat I took my cat apart to see what made him purr. Like an electric clock or like the snore of a warming kettle, something fizzed and sizzled in him. Was he a soft car, the engine bubbling sound? Was there a wire beneath his fur, of humming throttle? I undid his throat. Within was no stir. I opened up his chest as though it were a door: no whisk or rattle there. I lifted off his skull: no hiss or murmur. I halved his little belly but found no gear, no cause for static. So I replaced his lid, laced his little gut, His heart into his vest I slid and buttoned up his throat. His tail rose to a rod and beckoned to the air. Some voltage made him vibrate warmer than before. Whiskers and a tail: perhaps they caught some radar code emitted as a pip, a dot-and-dash of woolen sound. My cat a kind of tuning fork? amplifier? telegraph? doing secret signal work? His eyes elliptic tubes: there's a message in his stare. I stroke him but cannot find the dial. by May Swenson Thank You For Your Time Praise Parmethius Back to Retropoet List of Favorites Retropoet Central Station Background Credits Retropoet Favorite; May Swenson / Retropoet / Geocities / retropoet@geocities.com / revised December 1998

10. Carol Peters: May Swenson May Swenson. from May Swenson s Nature Poems Old and New, 1971 Waterbird Part otter, part snake, part bird the bird Anhinga, jalousie wings, draped open, http://carolpeters.blogspot.com/2007/07/may-swenson.html

Carol Peters Sunday, July 01, 2007 May Swenson [from May Swenson's Nature: Poems Old and New Waterbird Part otter, part snake, part bird the bird Anhinga, jalousie wings, draped open, dry. When slack- hinged, the wind flips them shut. Her cry, a slatted clatter, inflates her chin- pouch; it's like a fish's swim- bladder. Anhinga's body, otter- furry, floats, under water- mosses, neck a snake with white- rimmed blue round roving eyes. Those long feet stilt- submerged. Otter- quick over bream that hover in water- shade, she feeds, finds fillets among the water- weeds. Her beak, ferrule of a folded black umbrella, with neat thrust impales her prey. She flaps up to dry on the crooked, look- dead-limb of the Gumbo Limbo, her tan- tipped wing fans spread, tail a shut fan dangled. Nature: Poems Old and New Posted by Carol Peters at 4:00 PM Labels: poet (dead) comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Carol Peters Charleston, SC and Hakalau, HI, United States My chapbook, Muddy Prints, Water Shine , will be published in the New Women's Voices Series by Finishing Line Press . My work appears in Letters to the World International Poetry Review miPOradio Pembroke ... Ink Pot , and inkburns . I read for The Gettysburg Review View my complete profile poems poet (dead) ... writer (live) pigboy pig Presence Anne Haines Bamboo Ridge Beverly A. Jackson

11. Architecture Students Design Proposals For Decimated Area Brazley and swenson may be reached prior to Saturday at the SIUC School of Architecture at 618/4533734. While in New Orleans, swenson may be reached at http://news.siu.edu/news/March07/032907pr7046.jsp

12. May Swenson The Academy of American Poets presents a biography, photograph, and selected poems. http://www.poets.org/mswen/

13. Poet: May Swenson - All Poems Of May Swenson Poet may swenson All poems of may swenson .. poetry. http://www.poemhunter.com/may-swenson/

Poem Hunter .com Poet: May Swenson - All poems of May Swenson 1/27/2008 3:34:37 PM Home Poets Poems Lyrics ... SEARCH May Swenson Free Poetry E-Book: 6 poems of May Swenson File Size: 63k File Format: Acrobat Reader To download the eBook right-Click on the title and select "Save Target As". Biography Poems Quotations Comments ... Stats May Swenson was born in Logan, Utah, on May 28, 1919. She attended Utah State University, Logan, and received a bachelor's degree in 1939. She taught poetry at Bryn Mawr, the University of North Carolina, the University of California at Riverside, Purdue University and Utah State University and was .. .. more >> Poems Search in the poems of May Swenson Click the title of the poem you'd like read. Blue Little Lion Face Question That the Soul May Wax Plump ... Water Picture Quotations "Body my house my horse my hound what will I do when you are fallen" May Swenson (1919-1995), U.S. poet. Question (l. 1-4). . . New Poets of England and America. Donald Hall, Robert Pack, and Louis Simpson, eds. (1957) Meridian Books. "I was the horse and the rider

14. May Swenson Editor s Note We publish posthumously a group of hitherto unpublished poems of may swenson followed by a literary memoir written by her writer/editor http://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive A Vol. 1-10.3/Vol. 8.1/8.1 Swenso

Spring 1991, Volume 8.1 Poetry MAY SWENSON Editor's Note: We publish posthumously a group of hitherto unpublished poems of May Swenson followed by a literary memoir written by her writer/editor brother, Paul Swenson, in place of the "Interview" series. May Swenson died on 4 December 1989 at Bethany Beach, Delaware. She was born on 28 May 1913 in Logan, Utah, a daughter of Dan Arthur and Anna Margaret (Helberg) Swenson. After taking her B.S. degree from Utah State University, she moved to New York, NY, never to return to Utah on a permanent basis. May Swenson's career in belles lettres is a rich mosaic of dedication and achievements. Poet, critic, scholar, editor, writer in residence, and lecturer, she left behind a significant body of work. She was recipient of numerous prizes and awards for her poetry: American Introductions Prize in 1955; William Rose Benet Prize of the Poetry Society of America in 1959; Longview Foundation Award in 1959; National Institute of Arts and Letters Award in 1960; Brandeis University Creative Arts Award in 1967; Lucy Martin Donnelly Award of Bryn Mawr College in 1968; Shelley Poetry Award in 1968, to name a few. In 1959, Ms. Swenson received the Guggenheim fellowship, followed by the Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship in 1960, a Ford Foundation grant in 1964, the Bollingen Prize for poetry in 1984, and the MacArthur Fellowship in 1987. She worked for a time as an editor for New Directions and was writer in residence at Purdue University (1966-67). She lectured widely on university and college campuses.

15. May Swenson Resource File Children may enjoy reading her poetry and researching information about the popular author, may swenson. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/swenson.htm

May Swenson [Biography] [Literary Criticism] Lesson Plans] [E-texts] Biography May Swenson Biography, awards, poems, more. May Swenson Biography, bibliography, links. [Back to Top] Literary Criticism [Back to Top] Lesson Plans Poems That Work! Middle school, grades 5-8; students with limited reading abilities and/or vocabulary skills. By Richard Guidone. From Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans [Back to Top] E-texts "What I Did on a Rainy Day" From Atlantic Monthly "The Tall Figures of Giacometti" "Blue" From American Academy of Poets [Back to Top] Return to: Children's Lit/Elementary Resources

16. Utah State University This annual competition, named for may swenson, honors her as one of I intensely admire may swenson s poetry and therefore would be glad to serve as http://www.usu.edu/usupress/poetry_award/

USU home A-Z index calendars MyUSU ... USU press : may swenson poetry award May Swenson, 1965. Photo by L.H. Clark. The May Swenson Poetry Award This annual competition, named for May Swenson, honors her as one of America's most provocative and vital writers. In John Hollander's words, she was "one of our few unquestionably major poets." During her long career, May was loved and praised by writers from virtually every major school of poetry. She left a legacy of nearly fifty years of writing when she died in 1989. She is buried in Logan, Utah, her hometown. Winner of the 2007 Swenson Poetry Award Neck of the World by F. Daniel Rzicznek selected by Alice Quinn F. Daniel Rzicznek earned his BA from Kent State University and MFA from Bowling Green State University. His chapbook of prose poems, Cloud Tablets , appeared from Kent State University Press in 2006, as part of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Series. Mr. Rzicznek's poems have appeared in The New Republic, Boston Review, AGNI, The Iowa Review, Mississippi Review, and numerous other literary journals. He lives with his wife in Bowling Green, Ohio, where he teaches English composition at Bowling Green State University.

17. Glbtq >> Literature >> Swenson, May One of America s most inventive and incisive poets, may swenson wrote many love poems celebrating lesbian sexuality. http://www.glbtq.com/literature/swenson_m.html

Encyclopedia Discussion Forgot Your Password? Not a Member Yet? JOIN TODAY. IT'S FREE! Advertising Opportunities Terms of Service Alpha Index: A-B C-F G-K L-Q ... T-Z Subjects: A-B C-E F-L M-Z Swenson, May (1913-1989) Born in Logan, Utah, on May 28, 1913, May Swenson became one of America's most inventive and incisive poets. English was actually her second language since Swedish was spoken in her childhood home. Beginning in 1954, she published ten collections of poetry during her lifetime and one book of translations of the poems of Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer. These include works such as Another Animal To Mix With Time Iconographs New And Selected Things Taking Place (1978), and In Other Words (1987). Swenson died in Ocean View, Delaware, on December 4, 1989. Sponsor Message. Swenson's work is wide and varied. Many of her poems delight in the natural world. Others incorporate scientific research, particularly that having to do with space exploration. Others root themselves in love and eroticism, especially lesbian sexuality. Many of her love poems were published as a single collection in 1991 as The Love Poems of May Swenson Nature and sexuality are not separate categories in her work; to be a part of Nature, as we all are, joins us to a common sexual energy. Her strongest love poems, such as "Fireflies," "Dark Wild Honey," and "Wednesday at The Waldorf," rely on Nature imagery for much of their vitality and beauty.

18. May Swenson - Utah Poet The may swenson Project supported by several students and teachers at USU is designed to to make the swenson better known. USU has been been sponsoring an http://saltlakecity.about.com/od/famousutahns/a/mayswenson.htm

zOBT=" Ads" zGCID=" test1" zGCID=" test1 test5" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') z160=zpreC(160,600);z336=zpreC(336,280);z728=zpreC(728,90);z133=zpreC(336,133);zItw=160 Salt Lake City var h2=document.getElementsByTagName("h2")[0];if(h2.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].firstChild.nodeValue.length>29)h2.className="long"; Home Salt Lake City Search over 1.4 million articles by over 600 experts Search Salt Lake City Neighborhoods Things to Do Salt Lake Living ... to guide this site May Swenson - Utah Poet h1 = document.getElementById("title").getElementsByTagName("h1")[0];h1.innerHTML = widont(h1.innerHTML); From About.com Filed In: Just for Fun Famous Utahns Born and buried in Logan, Utah, May Swenson was a poet who won national acclaim but remained relatively unknown to fellow Utahns. The eldest of 10 children, she grew up in a large family where Swedish was spoken regularly and English was a second language. She started writing at an early age and after recieving a degree from Utah State University in Logan, she began teaching poetry at various schools across the country. She eventually settled in Delaware where she died in 1989. She was the recipient of numerous awards for her poetry and is regarded as a significant 20th century American poet.

19. May Swenson The Love Poems of may swenson (1991, poetry) Nature Poems New and Old (1994, poetry) may Out West (1996, poetry). Do you know something we don t? http://www.nndb.com/people/505/000048361/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for May Swenson Born: 28-May Birthplace: Logan, UT Died: 4-Dec Location of death: Ocean View, DE Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Female Religion: Mormon Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Lesbian Occupation: Poet Nationality: United States Executive summary: Another Animal One of the top female poets of the 20th century. University: BA, Utah State University (1939) Bollingen Prize in Poetry Guggenheim Fellowship Author of books: Another Animal , poetry) A Cage of Spines , poetry) To Mix with Time: New and Selected Poems , poetry) The Contemporary Poet as Artist and Critic , nonfiction) Poems to Solve , poetry, juvenile) Half Sun Half Sleep , poetry) Iconographs , poetry) More Poems to Solve , poetry, juvenile) , poetry) In Other Words , poetry) The Love Poems of May Swenson , poetry) Nature: Poems New and Old , poetry) May Out West , poetry) Do you know something we don't? Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

20. May Swenson Quotes may swenson quotes,may, swenson, author, authors, writer, writers, people, famous people. http://thinkexist.com/quotes/may_swenson/

Advanced Search My Account Help Add the "Dynamic Daily Quotation" to Your Site or Blog - it's Easy! All May Swenson Quotations Authors Topics Keywords ... More... Famous people: Name Nationality Occupation Date ... Mas Mel 1-1 Quotations of May Swenson quotes American Writer Popularity: santiz May Swenson quote Add to Chapter... show_bar(411645,'we-play-in-the-den-of-the-gods-and-snort-at-death') Submit a New May Swenson quote May Sarton quotes May Waldroup quotes Your Ad Here Suggested T-Shirt quotes funny quotes famous quotes movie quotes ... Help

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Page 1     1-20 of 76    1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | Next 20