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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…

Brewer's: Chriem-hilda

or Chriem-hild. A woman of unrivalled beauty, sister of Gunther, and beloved by Siegfried, the two chief heroes of the Nibelungenlied. Siegfried gives her a talisman taken from Gunther's…

Whitby, Synod of

(Encyclopedia) Whitby, Synod of, called by King Oswy of Northumbria in 663 at Whitby, England. Its purpose was to choose between the usages of the Celtic and Roman churches, primarily in the matter…

Medina, José Toribio

(Encyclopedia) Medina, José ToribioMedina, José Toribiohōsāˈ tōrēˈbyō māᵺēˈnä [key], 1852–1930, Chilean scholar. He traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, collecting…

Sokolova, Lydia

(Encyclopedia) Sokolova, LydiaSokolova, Lydiasōkəlōˈvə [key], 1896–1974, English ballerina, b. Wanstead, as Hilda Munnings. Trained at Stedman's Academy in London, Sokolova joined the Diaghilev…

Women in the 109th Congress

Sources: www.house.gov and www.senate.gov Blacks in the 109th Congress (42 in House: 42 Democrats; 1 Democrat in Senate) State House Senate Alabama Artur Davis (D)   California…

Women in the 110th Congress

Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the…

Hilda Morley 1998 Deaths

Hilda Morley Hilda Auerbach)Age: 81 noted American poet whose emotive free verse incorporated a measured style. Morley published five books of poetry and was inspired by modernist painters…

"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…