"Do not despise the day of small beginnings." King Solomon, the wiesguy.
We start with planting this small list of librarians and library workers who have been poets, and as contributors water this seedling with their knowledge, together we'll watch it grow and branch into mighty oaks and brilliant birches, wherein we can swing.
Samuel Foss
Henry Longfellow
Lorine Niedecker
Archibald MacLeish
Arna Bontemps
Helen Gordon Quigless
Baron Wormser
Coventry Patmore (UK)
Philip Larkin (UK)
Scotland
Alexander Anderson
A.B. Jackson,
Richard Price,
Tom Hubbard,
Hamish Whyte,
Douglas Dunn...
Mao Tse-Tung (China)
Raul Rivero (Cuba)
Christopher Okigbo (Nigeria)
[Because this effort begins in the USA, where contributors are most-likely to know about the lives of English-speaking poets and librarians, the list has started with the USA. We are seeking to present the poet-librarians of all periods, and from all places, so the placement of names on the list should not be misconstrued as implying that English/American poets are better than others. English-speaking librarians, on the other hand :)... ]
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