There have been down through history thousands of influential Mormon poets that wrote about their true heart felt feelings. They mastered this by incorporating their ideas into some of the various LDS poetry people can read or reflect on in modern times. Many of these classic female poets still draw attention from businessmen, students, adults, and parents. Much of the poems' themes are basic everyday things that almost all people can still relate to.
Around the 1850's Sarah Carmichael moved to the lower salt lake valley with some family and close friends. Her remarkable talent grew despite the poor school system and lack of educational opportunities. The salt lake news paper published more than 50 of her poems from around 1850 to 1860. Her appeal was mostly from the way she incorporated ideas like personal integrity, friendship and love into simple down to earth ideas.
In 1866 her family and friends helped to publish a small run leather bound printing of 26 of her poems. Shortly after that she married an army surgeon. Sadly after her marriage she suffered a drastic decline in her mental state leading to dementia. She passed in 1901 peacefully in her sleep and is best known for her poem April Flowers.
Around 1841 March 10th a niece to Joseph Smith was born. Her parents called her Josephine Donna Smith, she would change her name later to Ina Coolbrith. She traveled to California around 1852 and there published her first poems a few years later in the famous Los Angeles Times. When she turned 17 she married briefly and lost her first born child.
By the 1860's she moved to the greater San Francisco area and got a job as a newspaper journalist writing for the Overland Monthly. Later she found work as a librarian for some notable libraries like the Oakland public library. In 1928 she passed on while sharing a house with her younger niece. The simple lyric poems she wrote were universally praised by famous authors of the era including her good friend Mark Twain.
Born in 1844 on October 9th, Augusta Joyce Crocheron was born with the Mormon belief. At two years old her parents sold every thing they owned and left New York on a ship to California with Mr. Samuel Brannan. After a long 6 months they arrived in the harbors of San Francisco. Shortly after arriving they discovered the unbearable living conditions due mostly to the ongoing war with Mexico.
The gold rush during 1949 brought some people prosperity and ultimately ruined her parents' marriage. In late 1868 her mother married again and moved to Utah. Augusta married and became a second wife of George Cocheron until she passed in 1915. Drawing mostly on her traumatic early life and various hardships she overcame. Most of her poems are centered around hope and the idea that everyone has a purpose.
Historical literary female figures are often overlooked or are underrated when compared to more contemporary poets. Because of the various hardships many experienced, LDS poetry is blessed to have many different female authors. They may be old though never forgotten, and can be found at any local library.
Around the 1850's Sarah Carmichael moved to the lower salt lake valley with some family and close friends. Her remarkable talent grew despite the poor school system and lack of educational opportunities. The salt lake news paper published more than 50 of her poems from around 1850 to 1860. Her appeal was mostly from the way she incorporated ideas like personal integrity, friendship and love into simple down to earth ideas.
In 1866 her family and friends helped to publish a small run leather bound printing of 26 of her poems. Shortly after that she married an army surgeon. Sadly after her marriage she suffered a drastic decline in her mental state leading to dementia. She passed in 1901 peacefully in her sleep and is best known for her poem April Flowers.
Around 1841 March 10th a niece to Joseph Smith was born. Her parents called her Josephine Donna Smith, she would change her name later to Ina Coolbrith. She traveled to California around 1852 and there published her first poems a few years later in the famous Los Angeles Times. When she turned 17 she married briefly and lost her first born child.
By the 1860's she moved to the greater San Francisco area and got a job as a newspaper journalist writing for the Overland Monthly. Later she found work as a librarian for some notable libraries like the Oakland public library. In 1928 she passed on while sharing a house with her younger niece. The simple lyric poems she wrote were universally praised by famous authors of the era including her good friend Mark Twain.
Born in 1844 on October 9th, Augusta Joyce Crocheron was born with the Mormon belief. At two years old her parents sold every thing they owned and left New York on a ship to California with Mr. Samuel Brannan. After a long 6 months they arrived in the harbors of San Francisco. Shortly after arriving they discovered the unbearable living conditions due mostly to the ongoing war with Mexico.
The gold rush during 1949 brought some people prosperity and ultimately ruined her parents' marriage. In late 1868 her mother married again and moved to Utah. Augusta married and became a second wife of George Cocheron until she passed in 1915. Drawing mostly on her traumatic early life and various hardships she overcame. Most of her poems are centered around hope and the idea that everyone has a purpose.
Historical literary female figures are often overlooked or are underrated when compared to more contemporary poets. Because of the various hardships many experienced, LDS poetry is blessed to have many different female authors. They may be old though never forgotten, and can be found at any local library.
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