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Downie, Jim (poet)

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Flowers: Fill in the Flowers with Colours / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Downie, Jim; Clark TA; Clark L., 1977

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Identifier: CC-10972-11184
Scope and Contents

This poem was composed after a work by Tom and Laurie Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Flowers: Fill in the Flowers with Colours / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Downie, Jim; Clark TA; Clark L., 1977

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Identifier: CC-10990-11203
Scope and Contents

This poem was composed after a work by Tom and Laurie Clark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Wordsworth Wadsworth / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Downie, Jim., 1977

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Identifier: CC-11268-11483
Scope and Contents The curve lines and jagged bars images on a dark green background that Finlay has drawn related to Wordsworth and Longfellow, respectively are difficult to interpret and probably not biographical in nature as follows below. According to to Roberto Rabe (internet), "probably the best loved of American poets the world over is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Many of his lines are as familiar to us as rhymes from Mother Goose or the words of nursery songs learned in early childhood. Like these rhymes and melodies, they remain in the memory and accompany us through life. There are two reasons for the popularity and significance of Longfellow's poetry. First, he had the gift of easy rhyme. He wrote poetry as a bird sings, with natural grace and melody. Read or heard once or twice, his rhyme and meters cling to the mind long after the sense may be forgotten." According to The Literature Network (internet), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet, credited with ushering in the English...
Dates: 1977

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