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H. D.

(Encyclopedia) H. D.: see Doolittle, Hilda.

Heat by Hilda Doolittle

HeatO wind, rend open the heat, Cut apart the heat, Rend it to tatters.Fruit cannot drop Through this thick air — Fruit cannot fall into heat That presses up and blunts The points of pears…

Orchard by Hilda Doolittle

OrchardI saw the first pear As it fell — The honey-seeking, golden-banded, The yellow swarm Was not more fleet than I, (Spare us from loveliness) And I fell prostrate Crying: You have flayed…

Doolittle, Hilda

(Encyclopedia) Doolittle, Hilda, pseud. H. D., 1886–1961, American poet, b. Bethlehem, Pa., educated at Bryn Mawr. After 1911 she lived abroad, marrying Richard Aldington in 1913. In England, under…

"H. D." (Hilda Doolittle)

"H. D." (Hilda Doolittle)[1886-1961](2)Born at Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 10, 1886. Educated at the Gordon School and the Friends' Central School of Philadelphia and at Bryn Mawr College. Miss…

imagists

(Encyclopedia) imagists, group of English and American poets writing from 1909 to about 1917, who were united by their revolt against the exuberant imagery and diffuse sentimentality of 19th-century…

Aldington, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Aldington, RichardAldington, Richardôlˈdĭngtən [key], 1892–1962, English poet and novelist. While studying at the Univ. of London, he became acquainted with Ezra Pound and H. D. (Hilda…

Hilda, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Hilda, Saint, 614–80, English abbess of Whitby, princess of Northumbria. She became a Christian at the age of 13 and a nun at 33. About 647 she set out for a convent in France, but was…

Doolittle, James Harold

(Encyclopedia) Doolittle, James Harold, 1896–1993, American aviator, b. Alameda, Calif. After serving in World War I as a flier he returned to school and earned a Sc.D. from MIT. He then became noted…

Hilda Solis

Congressional Representative Hilda Solis of California is President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Labor. If confirmed by the Senate, she will head the agency that attends…