David McCord
Overview
New York
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- April 13, 1997) was an American poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and college fundraiser.
He grew up in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
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He graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
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His work appeared in Harper's,
He was executive director of the Harvard College Fund, raising millions of dollars.
- Golden Rose AwardGolden Rose AwardThe Golden Rose Award, one of America’s oldest literary prizes, was inaugurated in 1919.The rose was modeled after the Gold Rose which is now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. The awards the Rose annually for American poetry.-List of winners:...
- 1954 Guggenheim Fellow
- 1961 National Institute of Arts and Letters grant
- 1977, the first national award for Excellence in Poetry for Children from the National Council of Teachers of English
- Rudyard Kipling Fellow at Marlboro College in Vermont
- Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London
On Halloween, what bothers some
About these witches is, how come
In sailing through the air like bats
They never seem to lose their hats?
Quotations
I know a little man both ept and ert.An intro-? extro-? No, he's just a vert.Sheveled and couth and kempt, pecunious, ane,His image trudes upon the ceptive brain.When life turns sipid and the mind is traught,The spirit soars as I would sist it ought.Chalantly then, like any gainly goof,My digent self is sertive, choate, loof.
"Gloss"
Category:Poets