William Henry Davies, known throughout his writing life as W. H. Davies, was born on 3 July 1871 at 16 Portland Street in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, and died on 26 September 1940 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. He remains one of the most unusual figures in twentieth-century British literature: a poet of birds, rain, flowers, beggars, exhausted workers, roadside freedom, and the precarious dignity of people whom r…
“No person seemed inclined to start me on the road to fame, but, as soon as I had made an audacious step or two, I was taken up, passed quickly on from stage to stage, and given free rides farther than I expected.”
Neighbourhood:
Edwardian Poets, Georgian Poets, Nature Poets, Welsh Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Wonder, Longing
In the pantheon of Spanish literature, few figures command the reverence and enduring relevance of Antonio Machado y Ruiz (1875-1939). A poet whose verses captured the essence of a nation's soul while simultaneously transcending national boundaries to speak to universal human experience, Machado stands as perhaps the most beloved voice of Spain's Generation of '98. His poetry, characterized by profound philosophical…
“Hay dos clases de hombres: los que viven hablando de las virtudes y los que se limitan a tenerlas.”
Neighbourhood:
Love Poets, Modernist Poets, Nature Poets, Political Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Spirituality, Tenderness
