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A Tree with a Bird in it

by Margaret Widdemer

Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary American poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle is a collection of poems based on a bird in a tree. The author parodies various contemporary poets in 1922 with their versions of a poem based on the aforementioned topic.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1922

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Margaret Widdemer

United States

Margaret Widdemer was an American poet and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize (known then as the Columbia University Prize) in 1919 for her collection The Old Road to Paradise, shared with Carl Sand...

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