Frank Stanford
Frank Stanford was a prolific American poet. He is most known for his epic, The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You a labyrinthine poem without stanzas or punctuation. In addition, Stanford published six shorter books of poetry throughout his 20s, and three posthumous collections of his writings have also been published.
Frank Stanford was born Francis Gildart Smith on August 1, 1948 to widow Dorothy Margaret Smith at the Emery Memorial Home in Richton, Mississippi. He was soon adopted by a single divorcee named Dorothy Gilbert Alter , who was Firestones first female manager. In 1952, Gilbert married successful Memphis levee engineer Albert Franklin Stanford , who subsequently also adopted Frankie and his younger, adoptive sister, Ruthie . Stanford attended Sherwood Elementary School and Sherwood Junior High School in Memphis until 1961 when the family moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas following A. F. Stanfords retirement Stanford finished junior high school in Mountain Home. The elder Stanford died after the poets freshman year at Mountain Home High School.
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