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April 5, 2012

April 5, 1984

May Swenson (May 28, 1913 to December 4, 1989) wrote many and memorable poems about cats or using feline imagery.

"Painting the Gate,"
"Poet to Tiger,"
"Cat & the Weather," and
"Drawing the Cat" are the titles of some.

The genius of this major American poet, who was raised in the Mormon faith, was honored with many awards, which include a Ford Foundation grant (1964), a Bollingen Prize for poetry (1981), and a MacArthur Fellowship (1987.).

Yet another honor was that she delivered an anniversary essay on Emily Dickinson. This was on April 5, 1984, at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. Her talk, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets,
commemorated the 100th anniversary of Dickinson's death, and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Academy of American Poets.
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