Lizette Woodworth Reese

Lizette Woodworth Reese was an American poet.

Reese was born in the Waverly section of Baltimore, Maryland to Louisa Gabler and David Reese. She also had a twin sister named Sophia. Educated in Baltimores public schools, Reese graduated from Eastern High School , where a memorial for her stands today. After graduation, she became a school teacher at St. Johns Parish School in 1873. The following year, Reese published her first poem, The Deserted House, in Southern Magazine. She continued to publish in various magazines until her first selfpublished anthology, A Branch of May, in 1887. Subsequent books followed in 1891 and 1896, A Handful of Lavender and A Quiet Road, respectively. During the late 1890s and early 1900s, Reese wrote infrequently. However, her sonnet, Tears, published in Scribners Magazine in 1899, garnered her praise and recognition, particularly from fellow Baltimore writer, H. L. Mencken, who stated that Reeses work was one of the imperishable glories of American literature. In 1918, Reese retired from teaching af

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