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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Use for works that ARE in forms such as these variant terms: Lyrics (Poetry) Poems Poetic literature Rhymes (Poetry) Rimes (Poetry) Verse (Poetry) Verses (Poetry)

For works ABOUT Poetry, use the LCSH topical heading

Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:

Jessica Comola Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M464
Abstract

Jessica Comola, an alumna of the University of Denver, where she earned her PhD in Poetry in 2019. The collection consists of three "poetry dresses" and accessories which she created as part of her dissertation defense.

Dates: Other: 2019

Leonard F. Bischel Hsinku Poem

 Collection
Identifier: M279
Abstract

Dr. Kenneth Kuanling Fan was a poet from Taiwan who invented a new poem format called "Hsin Ku" or "New Classic." A Hsin Ku poem consists of four lines of four words each, with the second and fourth words nearly rhyming. This collection contains a paper fan with a Hsin Ku poem inscribed on the back by Dr. Fan.

Dates: 2006

Lilian White Spencer Collection - ''Lyric France in English Verse'', 1926-1936

 File
Identifier: M034.02.0002.0003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 2 contains translations and publication notes on items translated by Spencer from French.

Dates: 1926-1936

Lilian White Spencer Collection - Manuscript of Indian Poems Collection, 1926-1936

 File
Identifier: M034.03.0003.0005
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 3 contains original writings by Spencer.

Dates: 1926-1936

Lilian White Spencer Collection - Original Poetry, 1926-1936

 File
Identifier: M034.03.0003.0004
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 3 contains original writings by Spencer.

Dates: 1926-1936

Lilian White Spencer Collection - Translation of Indian Poems into French, 1926-1936

 File
Identifier: M034.02.0002.0006
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 2 contains translations and publication notes on items translated by Spencer from French.

Dates: 1926-1936

Lilian White Spencer Collection - Translations of French Poems, Reviews, 1920-1925

 File
Identifier: M034.02.0002.0001
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 2 contains translations and publication notes on items translated by Spencer from French.

Dates: 1920-1925

Lilian White Spencer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M034
Abstract Lilian White Spencer (1876-1953) was a playwright and poet who lived in Denver, Colorado as a child and again from 1918-1944. Spencer wrote plays, reviews of plays, script revisions, poetry and also translated French literature. She was best known in Denver for pageant writing. She wrote The Pageant of Colorado, an epic drama, which was performed May 1927 with a cast of 1,500 as part of a celebration commemorating the opening of the Moffatt Tunnel. Her papers include pen and ink drawings...
Dates: 1918-1944

M. Ruth Larner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M493
Abstract This collection contains items donated to University Alumni Volunteer Engagement and having belonged to M. Ruth Larner (1898-1974) who attended DU from 1913-1916. She graduated with a degree in Liberal Arts, but it is unclear what happened to her afterwords. Records on Ancestry indicate she became a teacher and/or an office manager. Larner's material includes a West Side High School Yearbook from 1911, varoius correspondance and invitations that had been tucked inside K-Books from 1913 and...
Dates: 1911-1923

Marinoff Papers, 1913-1970

 File
Identifier: B420.01.0001.0004
Abstract

The folder contains a 1913 letter from Jacob Marinoff to Dr. Spivak, articles, a poem, a certificate for donations to a hospital when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire, and a letter to a Marinoff in Pennsylvania about Fania and her husband's estate.

Dates: 1913-1970