PEAR TREE (Excerpt)
by HIlda Doolittle
Oh white pear
your flower tufts,
thick on the branch,
bring summer and ripe fruits
in their purple hearts.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961) attended Bryn Mawr, as a classmate of Marianne Moore, and later the University of Pennsylvania where she befriended Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams. She travelled to Europe in 1911, and remained abroad for the rest of her life. Through Pound, she became a leader of the Imagist movement. Some of her earliest poems gained recognition when published by Harriet Monroe’s Poetry magazine. American Poetry Review noted that ”…by the end of her career [Doolittle] became not only the most gifted woman poet of our century, but one of the most original poets…in our language.” (Learn more at poets.org.)
Painting: “Pear Blossom” by Patti Siehien, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Find the painting at fineartamerica.com.
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