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unknown. " Monday's Child " is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many nursery rhymes, there are many versions. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526.
From "Poetry", Memorial de Isla Negra (1964). Trans. Alastair Reid. Neruda's father opposed his son's interest in writing and literature, but he received encouragement from others, including the future Nobel Prize winner Gabriela Mistral, who headed the local school. On July 18, 1917, at the age of 13, he published his first work, an essay titled "Entusiasmo y perseverancia" ("Enthusiasm and ...
Queen Nanny, Granny Nanny, or Nanny of the Maroons ONH (c. 1686 – c. 1760), was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. She led a community of formerly enslaved Africans called the Windward Maroons. [1] In the early 18th century, under the leadership of Nanny, the Windward Maroons fought a guerrilla war over many years against British ...
Month of the Military Child was established in 1986 to help raise the nation’s awareness of the unique challenges faced by military kids and families.
Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly ( c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. [2] [3] Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where ...
Mar. 17—(StatePoint) Life in the U.S. Armed Forces can be challenging, especially for the youngest members of the nation's military community: the 1.6 million children of service members. From ...
James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for Divine Comedies. His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his early career, and the epic narrative of occult communication with spirits and angels, titled The Changing Light at Sandover (published in three ...
In the United States, a military brat (also known by various "brat" derivatives [a]) is the child of a parent (s), adopted parent (s), or legal guardian (s) serving full-time in the United States Armed Forces, whether current or former. The term military brat can also refer to the subculture and lifestyle of such families.