Born on December 8, 1828, in Charleston, South Carolina, Henry Timrod was a poet whose verse would come to embody the soul of a region in anguish — the American South during and after the Civil War. Though he lived only thirty-nine years, his life was a tapestry woven with threads of profound beauty, relentless hardship, and unyielding devotion to art. A man of delicate health, financial instability, and deep emotion…
“So this is Death! how strange! were I a metaphysician I would analyze it; but as it is, I can only watch.”
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American Poets, Death & Mortality, Devotional Poets, Love Poets, Nature Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Longing, Spirituality
Charles Bertram Johnson entered the world on October 5, 1880, in the small town of Callao, Missouri, a place where the rolling prairies of Macon County stretched under vast Midwestern skies, whispering promises and hardships in equal measure. He departed this life on March 20, 1958, at the age of seventy-seven, in Jefferson City, Missouri, where he was laid to rest in Longview Cemetery. His seventy-seven years spanne…
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African American Poets, American Poets, Devotional Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Peace, Longing
